DLUHC budget is ‘backstop’ for Gove’s £4bn cladding package
11 Jan 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
DLUHC budget is ‘backstop’ for Gove’s £4bn cladding package
Perm sec seeks ministerial direction over £27m funding request for post-Grenfell fire alarms
Home Office appoints panel to advise on 'scientific' ways to verify age of asylum seekers
07 Jan 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office appoints panel to advise on 'scientific' ways to verify age of asylum seekers
Ethical concerns have been raised over the plans for medical age assessment
Blair feared ‘regulation nightmare’ from Home Office race equality drive
05 Jan 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Blair feared ‘regulation nightmare’ from Home Office race equality drive
Shelved white paper would have called on departments to put race equality “at the heart” of departmental policymaking
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