Civil servants 'will feel guilt and responsibility forever' over death of five-year-old Afghan refugee
24 Aug 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Civil servants 'will feel guilt and responsibility forever' over death of five-year-old Afghan refugee
"Misleading to suggest that the Home Office does not take our responsibilities towards children in our care seriously," DG says
Home Office urged to open evacuation route for LGBTQ+ Afghans
23 Aug 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office urged to open evacuation route for LGBTQ+ Afghans
"It is essential the government does what it can to help and protect LGBTQ+ Afghans like women and girls and religious minorities," MPs' group chair says
Home Office offers up to £130k for next HR chief
17 Aug 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office offers up to £130k for next HR chief
Chief people officer should provide "pragmatic, calm and collaborative leadership"
MoJ offers 9.9% three-year pay deal in return for overtime cuts and standard hours
12 Aug 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ offers 9.9% three-year pay deal in return for overtime cuts and standard hours
The proposed pay rise comes as part of an overhaul of terms and conditions
Hiring drive gets under way to support Home Office transformation
06 Aug 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Hiring drive gets under way to support Home Office transformation
10 jobs open up as department calls in headhunters
Man pleads guilty to assaulting chief medical officer
03 Aug 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Man pleads guilty to assaulting chief medical officer
Estate agent handed suspended sentence for putting Chris Whitty in “loose headlock” for park “selfie”
Immigration watchdog sets out inspection plan as report calls barracks asylum housing 'dispiriting' and 'dirty'
28 Jul 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Immigration watchdog sets out inspection plan as report calls barracks asylum housing 'dispiriting' and 'dirty'
Latest inspection report says Home Office was "too hands-off" in managing Napier and Penally accommodation
Home Office ‘failing Windrush generation all over again’
27 Jul 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office ‘failing Windrush generation all over again’
MPs say compensation scheme for victims of 'hostile environment' policy is beset with fundamental problems
Home Office 'has always been forthcoming', Patel tells MPs frustrated over Napier Barracks inquiry
21 Jul 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office 'has always been forthcoming', Patel tells MPs frustrated over Napier Barracks inquiry
MPs say they have been "fobbed off numerous times" after asking to visit asylum seeker accommodation
Controversial Prevent reviewer named as pick for next public appointments commissioner
20 Jul 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Controversial Prevent reviewer named as pick for next public appointments commissioner
Gove lines up writer and former Charity Commission chair William Shawcross for watchdog role
Home Office seeks DG for combined Border Force and immigration enforcement
14 Jul 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office seeks DG for combined Border Force and immigration enforcement
Up to £149k on offer to lead second largest law enforcement entity in the UK
Minister commissions review of social care after end of free movement
09 Jul 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Minister commissions review of social care after end of free movement
Minister asks for early sight of report to ensure "coordinated government response"
Home Office’s settlement with ex-perm sec topped £370k
09 Jul 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office’s settlement with ex-perm sec topped £370k
Payout to end Philip Rutnam’s constructive dismissal case cost at least £30k in legal fees alone, annual report confirms
Cross-government unit targets drug misuse and deaths
09 Jul 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Cross-government unit targets drug misuse and deaths
Plan comes as review dubs current system “unfit for purpose” and says cash alone will not be enough to fix crisis
Home Office faces calls to extend EU settlement deadline and rethink digital-only status
01 Jul 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office faces calls to extend EU settlement deadline and rethink digital-only status
Former shadow Brexit minister Paul Blomfield warns of ‘Windrush-style scandal’
MoJ launches overhauled Probation Service in Transforming Rehabilitation reversal
28 Jun 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ launches overhauled Probation Service in Transforming Rehabilitation reversal
Watchdog sounds warning that the change will not be a silver bullet
Home Office names new second perm sec
10 Jun 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office names new second perm sec
Tricia Hayes will succeed Shona Dunn as No.2 at Marsham Street
Immigration watchdog launches hiring drive as ex-inspector says understaffing a 'nightmare'
09 Jun 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Immigration watchdog launches hiring drive as ex-inspector says understaffing a 'nightmare'
Up to 14 jobs on offer as chief inspector begins new programme of work
HMPPS notches up recruitment record for probation officers
04 Jun 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
HMPPS notches up recruitment record for probation officers
Service hires more than 1,000 new trainees in a single year as disastrous reforms are reversed
Former MoJ perm sec set to run Cambridge college
26 May 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Former MoJ perm sec set to run Cambridge college
Richard Heaton cleared to become warden of Robinson College from October
Truss admits ‘fundamental disagreements’ with LGBT+ advisory panel
26 May 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Truss admits ‘fundamental disagreements’ with LGBT+ advisory panel
Equalities secretary tells MPs self-identification for gender-recognition was at the heart of fallout with disbanded committee
Home Office talks up digital visa plan
26 May 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office talks up digital visa plan
Priti Patel claims tech-based system will provide ‘a far clearer picture of who is here and whether they should be’
Windrush payout delays continue as claims take five times longer to process than expected
21 May 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Windrush payout delays continue as claims take five times longer to process than expected
Compensation scheme was launched before the Home Office was ready, NAO says
Patel and Rycroft under fire for 'inaccurate' evidence on asylum-seeker camps
18 May 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Patel and Rycroft under fire for 'inaccurate' evidence on asylum-seeker camps
MPs demand home secretary explain "contradictions" between evidence she gave on Napier Barracks and inspection report