HMRC hits departments with £120m bill for contract-worker failings
23 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
HMRC hits departments with £120m bill for contract-worker failings
Ministry of Justice also faces a £15m fine for “careless” approach to tax rules on off-payroll staff
HMPPS spent almost £100m on software, only to scrap it
22 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
HMPPS spent almost £100m on software, only to scrap it
Case-management system was meant to be ready in 2015 but has now been abandoned
Minister ‘needs to correct parliamentary record’ over cab sec’s party probe
22 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Minister ‘needs to correct parliamentary record’ over cab sec’s party probe
Labour call follows Simon Case’s decision to step back from investigations into Downing Street events
Home Office looks to hire post-Windrush independent complaints examiner
21 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office looks to hire post-Windrush independent complaints examiner
Department offers £95K a year for part-time watchdog who will report directly to permanent secretary
Former MoJ perm sec Heaton got £260k exit payment
20 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Former MoJ perm sec Heaton got £260k exit payment
Richard Heaton's exit payment deal is revealed in department's annual accounts
MPs pick new Home Affairs Committee chair
16 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
MPs pick new Home Affairs Committee chair
Diana Johnson wins vote to replace Yvette Cooper on influential scrutiny panel
Former Home Office chief Phillip Rutnam appointed to NHS board
15 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Former Home Office chief Phillip Rutnam appointed to NHS board
Acoba says the appointment of the former perm sec, who resigned last year over a bullying row with Priti Patel, is "low risk"
National Crime Agency offers £223k for next DG
12 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
National Crime Agency offers £223k for next DG
Law-enforcement body launches recruitment drive for permanent successor to Lynne Owens
Lack of digital know-how at top of government contributes to IT failures, MPs say
10 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Lack of digital know-how at top of government contributes to IT failures, MPs say
Public Accounts Committee highlights failure to understand issue of decades-old ‘legacy’ systems used in border control and state pension
MPs sound alarm over Home Office’s £1.1bn police IT programme
08 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
MPs sound alarm over Home Office’s £1.1bn police IT programme
Department’s “miserable record of exorbitantly expensive digital programmes that fail to deliver” continues, says Public Accounts Committee
DLUHC admits to litany of building-safety failings at Grenfell inquiry
08 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
DLUHC admits to litany of building-safety failings at Grenfell inquiry
But department accuses construction firms and building inspectors of abusing the trust placed in them
Officials ‘knew about cladding dangers in early 90s’, Grenfell probe hears
07 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Officials ‘knew about cladding dangers in early 90s’, Grenfell probe hears
Lawyer says “pattern of suppression and concealment” over successive fire reports aimed to reduce public fears
High Court backs PM’s decision on Patel bullying report
06 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
High Court backs PM’s decision on Patel bullying report
But union says ruling on handling of home secretary’s conduct still boosts civil servants’ workplace rights
HMCTS staff could strike over ‘fundamentally flawed’ IT system
03 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
HMCTS staff could strike over ‘fundamentally flawed’ IT system
Union says consultative ballot of court officials found 96% backing industrial action
Home Affairs Committee to get new chair after Labour reshuffles top team
30 Nov 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Affairs Committee to get new chair after Labour reshuffles top team
Yvette Cooper named shadow home secretary in overhaul of Keir Starmer's top team
Home Office 'failing to keep on top of asylum cases' as children wait 550 days for decisions
25 Nov 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office 'failing to keep on top of asylum cases' as children wait 550 days for decisions
Inspectors find "no evidence of any case type being prioritised"
HMCTS offers up to £130k for next chief exec
25 Nov 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
HMCTS offers up to £130k for next chief exec
Campaign comes more than a year after Susan Acland-Hood became DfE perm sec
Home Office should lose Windrush compensation scheme role, MPs say
24 Nov 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office should lose Windrush compensation scheme role, MPs say
Badly-managed scheme has "compounded the injustices" of the Windrush scandal, MPs say
Criminal justice system 'failing people with a mental illness'
17 Nov 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Criminal justice system 'failing people with a mental illness'
Departments urged to fix information exchange system that is ‘broken’ partly due to misunderstanding of GDPR rules, inspectorates say
Union claims new digital platform at HMCTS ‘threatens 3,000 jobs’
16 Nov 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Union claims new digital platform at HMCTS ‘threatens 3,000 jobs’
Service disputes figures as court staff are balloted on Common Platform concerns
Home Office offers £140k for DG to work in 'ambiguous and complex environment'
09 Nov 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office offers £140k for DG to work in 'ambiguous and complex environment'
Successful candidate for migration and borders role must be a “strong, engaging and collaborative leader”
MoJ needs extra £2.2bn to cover cost of Covid recovery, report says
22 Oct 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ needs extra £2.2bn to cover cost of Covid recovery, report says
National Audit Office warns crown court backlogs will continue for “several years”
Ex-homelessness tsar to lead review of Met Police standards and culture
12 Oct 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Ex-homelessness tsar to lead review of Met Police standards and culture
Former DCLG and Home Office director general Louise Casey “will ask difficult questions” in probe prompted by Wayne Couzens outrage
National Crime Agency appoints interim director general
04 Oct 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
National Crime Agency appoints interim director general
Law enforcement body becomes latest public sector organisation to face succession gap