MPs question Home Office progress on reform after Covid outbreak at asylum centre
25 Feb 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
MPs question Home Office progress on reform after Covid outbreak at asylum centre
MPs ask if officials are "seeing the face behind the case" after 178 asylum seekers contract virus in a month while held at barracks
Outsourcing giant Serco announces 36% hike in profit
25 Feb 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Outsourcing giant Serco announces 36% hike in profit
Business insists £400m worth of coronavirus related contracts accounted for less than 1% of increase in underlying trading profit
MPs urge ministers to 'deliver on commitments' by speeding up key legislation
19 Feb 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
MPs urge ministers to 'deliver on commitments' by speeding up key legislation
Post-Brexit gap in environmental governance and sentencing bill among Liaison Committee's concerns
Home Office admits 112,000 people have had part of their police records deleted
09 Feb 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office admits 112,000 people have had part of their police records deleted
Former Met chief Lord Hogan-Howe to lead inquiry into the missing files, Home Office confirms
DWP accused of ‘gross incompetence’ after benefit claimant’s inquest
28 Jan 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
DWP accused of ‘gross incompetence’ after benefit claimant’s inquest
Disability advocacy group calls for inquiry into benefit-related deaths following coroner’s verdict on 27-year-old mother
Home Office's second pick to review Prevent programme criticised
27 Jan 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office's second pick to review Prevent programme criticised
Ex-Charity Commission chair William Shawcross has called Islam in Europe one of the "most terrifying problems of our future"
HMRC names new director general for customer service
19 Jan 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
HMRC names new director general for customer service
Myrtle Lloyd to leave role as HM Passport Office chief operating officer to join tax collection agency
Spending watchdog warns of pressures piling up for 'already stretched' MoJ
08 Jan 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Spending watchdog warns of pressures piling up for 'already stretched' MoJ
Snapshot report contrasts shortage of prison places with boosted sentencing projections and delayed court hearings
Antonia Romeo named MoJ permanent secretary
04 Jan 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Antonia Romeo named MoJ permanent secretary
DIT perm sec moves back to department where she spent 'majority of her career'
Diversity and inclusion coaching to be ‘integrated’ into core civil service training
22 Dec 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Diversity and inclusion coaching to be ‘integrated’ into core civil service training
Move follows controversial decision to scrap unconscious bias training after Behavioural Insights Team says programmes cannot demonstrate their worth
Priti Patel dubs shouting and swearing allegations ‘not accurate’
17 Dec 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Priti Patel dubs shouting and swearing allegations ‘not accurate’
Home secretary says she has not seen full version of Alex Allan’s investigation into her treatment of civil servants
PM threatened with legal challenge to Priti Patel bullying decision
10 Dec 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
PM threatened with legal challenge to Priti Patel bullying decision
Union wants judges to review rejection of independent advice that home secretary broke ministerial code
Home Office’s points-based immigration system opens to applicants
02 Dec 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office’s points-based immigration system opens to applicants
Post-Brexit visa scheme offers skilled-workers right to work in UK for five years
Home Office broke the law with hostile environment policy, equalities watchdog finds
25 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office broke the law with hostile environment policy, equalities watchdog finds
Department “effectively ignored” equality legislation when developing the policy, damning EHRC report concludes
Reversing probation reforms 'not enough' without funding boost, inspector says Exclusive
24 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Reversing probation reforms 'not enough' without funding boost, inspector says
Long-term funding for services must be "baked in" to this week's Spending Review, Justin Russell says
PM backs Patel as bullying probe finds she broke ministerial code
20 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
PM backs Patel as bullying probe finds she broke ministerial code
High drama as Johnson’s independent adviser on standards quits over handling of allegations against home secretary
MSPs slammed for ‘inappropriate’ treatment of civil servants in Salmond probe
19 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
MSPs slammed for ‘inappropriate’ treatment of civil servants in Salmond probe
Politicians failing to apply same “quasi-judicial approach” expected of officials to their own behaviour, union chief says
Watchdog flags ‘reasons for real concern’ on ministerial conduct
16 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Watchdog flags ‘reasons for real concern’ on ministerial conduct
Trust in politicians is beginning to decline 25 years on from Nolan Report, according to Committee on Standards in Public Life chair Jonathan Evans
Failure to publish Patel bullying report is damaging public trust, warns standards watchdog
12 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Failure to publish Patel bullying report is damaging public trust, warns standards watchdog
Committee on Standards in Public Life chair says allegations of bullying at the Home Office need to be seen to have been “properly and independently investigated”
Former civil servant jailed for leaking highly sensitive military information
12 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Former civil servant jailed for leaking highly sensitive military information
Software and analytical engineer with “near photographic memory” handed four-and-a-half year sentence for breaking Official Secrets Act
FDA calls on Sunak to deal with CPS ‘workload crisis’ in Spending Review
11 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
FDA calls on Sunak to deal with CPS ‘workload crisis’ in Spending Review
Union sends petition to chancellor calling for resources to deal with backlog of 45,000 cases
Immigration watchdog's term extended again, six months into recruitment for successor
10 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Immigration watchdog's term extended again, six months into recruitment for successor
Home secretary Priti Patel says move will "prevent a gap" in scrutiny of her department's work
George Osborne says civil servants should take more blame for Windrush scandal
06 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
George Osborne says civil servants should take more blame for Windrush scandal
Former chancellor admits cabinet got policy wrong but says accountability needs to be shared with officials
Sunak urged to find cash to make pandemic-driven innovations permanent
02 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Sunak urged to find cash to make pandemic-driven innovations permanent
Spending Review should also stump up funding to deal with “huge” service backlogs, report says