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