DBS sets out plans for improved football safeguarding
07 Oct 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
DBS sets out plans for improved football safeguarding
Service offers Premier League clubs and community groups boosted support for work with vulnerable people
Home Office delays job market review over data hiccup
21 Sep 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office delays job market review over data hiccup
Shortage occupation list review may end up using 2010 stats if issue with ONS dataset is not resolved quickly
Union postpones courts strikes following Queen’s death
12 Sep 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Union postpones courts strikes following Queen’s death
Week of industrial action was in protest at HMCTS’s Common Platform IT system
Patel and Dorries resign from cabinet after Truss wins leadership race
06 Sep 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Patel and Dorries resign from cabinet after Truss wins leadership race
Outgoing home secretary says job has been the "honour of my life" ahead of expected reshuffle
Rwanda policy ‘inflicting premeditated harm’ on asylum seekers
02 Sep 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Rwanda policy ‘inflicting premeditated harm’ on asylum seekers
Detainees set for deportation show signs of torture, trafficking and PTSD, doctors' charity says
MoJ perm sec shakes up HMPPS leadership
01 Sep 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ perm sec shakes up HMPPS leadership
Probation DG gets promotion as focus moves to frontline services
DBS set for more strike disruption over pay
26 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
DBS set for more strike disruption over pay
Contact centre workers announce six additional days of walkouts
Government loses secrecy bid over Rwanda policy documents
18 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Government loses secrecy bid over Rwanda policy documents
High Court says majority of passages in internal documents targeted for public-interest immunity must be disclosed
'Aggressive' probation service merger 'caused unnecessary pressure' on staff
18 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
'Aggressive' probation service merger 'caused unnecessary pressure' on staff
Renationalisation of probation services "mostly successful" but rushed, Institute for Government says
Ex-Home Office civil servant wins back pay in contract dispute
17 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Ex-Home Office civil servant wins back pay in contract dispute
Solicitor says department “picked the wrong person to short-change” after modifying Angela Maull's contract
Home Office was warned of political killings before sending asylum seekers to Rwanda
17 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office was warned of political killings before sending asylum seekers to Rwanda
Rwandan government uses “arbitrary detention, torture and even killings”, memo revealed in High Court case says
National Crime Agency chief named after recruitment process re-run
17 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
National Crime Agency chief named after recruitment process re-run
Graeme Biggar was one of two candidates endorsed in the initial selection process, with the other dropping out when the Home Office decided to run it again
Homes for Ukraine scheme faces 'crisis' as quarter of hosts plan to quit
11 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Homes for Ukraine scheme faces 'crisis' as quarter of hosts plan to quit
Home Office accused of being "unprepared" for hosts to "claim their homes and lives back" as six-month point nears
Legacy costs take spending on digital border programme to £700m
11 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Legacy costs take spending on digital border programme to £700m
But Home Office clams there ‘has been no increase or acceleration’ in underlying cost of scheme
Home Office buys thousands of ‘migrant tracker’ wristbands as it expands monitoring
10 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office buys thousands of ‘migrant tracker’ wristbands as it expands monitoring
Use of barcode-scanning system comes alongside GPS ankle tags and biometric tracking
Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre 'on hold' after MoD withdraws offer of former RAF base
10 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre 'on hold' after MoD withdraws offer of former RAF base
Rishi Sunak's pledge not to open asylum centre in North Yorkshire town is moot, Ben Wallace says
EXCL: Prevent strategy oversight board hasn't met since 2018
05 Aug 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
EXCL: Prevent strategy oversight board hasn't met since 2018
Rishi Sunak eyes extended remit for counter-extremism programme – but "independent" governance panel has been mothballed
Civil servants offered chance to pilot new equalities-duty training
28 Jul 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Civil servants offered chance to pilot new equalities-duty training
Cross-government Open Innovation Team seeks volunteers to trial policy-focused programme
Passport Office supplier Teleperformance fined 'hundreds of thousands' over delays
25 Jul 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Passport Office supplier Teleperformance fined 'hundreds of thousands' over delays
HMPO director says call-centre company has since improved its performance after employing 800 new staff
Passport Office director rejects claims of toxic working culture
22 Jul 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Passport Office director rejects claims of toxic working culture
Management and home working not to blame for passport delays, HMPO senior official adds
Home Office's continued delays to inspection reports 'devalues the purpose of independent oversight'
21 Jul 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office's continued delays to inspection reports 'devalues the purpose of independent oversight'
Immigration inspector David Neal says Home Office has only published two of his 12 reports on time
HMCTS security staff vote to strike over ‘poverty pay’
15 Jul 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
HMCTS security staff vote to strike over ‘poverty pay’
Union predicts contractor walkouts will bring courts to a standstill but MoJ disagrees
Government seeks ‘better outcomes’ by linking data on homelessness, crime and addiction
30 Jun 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Government seeks ‘better outcomes’ by linking data on homelessness, crime and addiction
MoJ-led series of pilot programmes aim to better connect information to improve outcomes for those with complex needs
Home Office relaunches search for National Crime Agency chief amid cronyism row
27 Jun 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office relaunches search for National Crime Agency chief amid cronyism row
Job application process is reportedly being re-run after Boris Johnson's favoured candidate did not make the final two