Duty of candour: Hillsborough Law gets first reading in parliament
17 Sep Justice & Home Affairs
Duty of candour: Hillsborough Law gets first reading in parliament
Bill will oblige civil servants and authorities to prevent cover-ups such as the 1989 football-stadium disaster and the Horizon IT scandal
Criminal Cases Review Commission: Growing caseload prompts ‘essential’ recruitment drive
29 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Criminal Cases Review Commission: Growing caseload prompts ‘essential’ recruitment drive
The body is seeking a “small, immediate expansion of the team" amid caseload pressures
Home Office plans ‘new independent body’ to deal with asylum appeals
26 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office plans ‘new independent body’ to deal with asylum appeals
Proposals will end “completely unacceptable delays”, according to home secretary Yvette Cooper
Cabinet Office targets £350m savings from Child Benefit fraud
22 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Cabinet Office targets £350m savings from Child Benefit fraud
Pilot inspires creation of 200-strong team in clampdown on claimants who have left the country
Home Office faces turmoil over asylum-seeker hotels, ex-perm sec says
21 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office faces turmoil over asylum-seeker hotels, ex-perm sec says
David Normington warns department will be “in a bind” if more councils take legal action to shut down accommodation
CPS warns large organisations to prepare for new fraud offence
19 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
CPS warns large organisations to prepare for new fraud offence
Looming law change will make big business, charities and other organisations responsible for preventing fraud committed by employees
'AI for all': MoJ launches AI action plan for civil servants
12 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
'AI for all': MoJ launches AI action plan for civil servants
All staff members to get "secure, enterprise-grade AI assistants" by December
Eight in 10 prison and probation staff unhappy with early release schemes
07 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Eight in 10 prison and probation staff unhappy with early release schemes
Survey finds workforce is more optimistic about planned “Texas-style” system
Independent review dubs prisons-capacity crisis ‘systemic’
05 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Independent review dubs prisons-capacity crisis ‘systemic’
Senior officials “so concerned” about breakdown in criminal justice system they prepared a paper trail for a future public or parliamentary inquiry
National Crime Agency gets funding for 300 extra officers
04 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
National Crime Agency gets funding for 300 extra officers
New recruits to focus on gathering intelligence to help stop small boat smugglers
Home Office wrote off £48.5m after scrapping plan to use RAF base for asylum seekers
29 Jul Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office wrote off £48.5m after scrapping plan to use RAF base for asylum seekers
Ministers axed RAF Scampton project after Home Office review found it did not represent value for money
MoJ confirms rollout of ‘Texas-style’ Intensive Supervision Courts
28 Jul Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ confirms rollout of ‘Texas-style’ Intensive Supervision Courts
Strictly-monitored community sentences for substance-abuse driven criminals aim to slash reoffending rates