Probation Service ‘being set up to fail’ with tagging expansion, committee says
12 Nov 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Probation Service ‘being set up to fail’ with tagging expansion, committee says
Peers warn resourcing for planned surge in electronic monitoring is "almost certain” to be not enough
Ombudsman flags role in Windrush Compensation Scheme changes
10 Nov 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Ombudsman flags role in Windrush Compensation Scheme changes
Home Office update will allow victims to claim for lost pension contributions, following PHSO investigation
Prison officers’ union seeks 6.3% rise for frontline staff
07 Nov 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Prison officers’ union seeks 6.3% rise for frontline staff
Individual officers “cannot be blamed” for high-profile release errors, ministers are warned
Six silks appointed in government litigation shakeup
06 Nov 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Six silks appointed in government litigation shakeup
Senior barristers to help monitor and guide strategic management of high-profile civil litigation and cross-cutting legal issues
Border Force patrol staff announce strike action
05 Nov 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Border Force patrol staff announce strike action
Border Force Maritime workers "have waited far too long for fair recognition of the vital and dangerous work they do," says PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote
Union warns over National Crime Agency funding shortfall
03 Nov 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Union warns over National Crime Agency funding shortfall
Home Office minister confirms higher pay award has led to recruitment slowdown
Border Force officer charged after heroin seizure
31 Oct 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Border Force officer charged after heroin seizure
National Crime Agency investigation led to discovery of 25kg of the class-A drug in a suitcase at Birmingham Airport
Justice secretary launches investigation into prison release errors
28 Oct 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Justice secretary launches investigation into prison release errors
Union warns against 'scapegoating' of prison officers
NAO flags concerns over Probation Service reform programme
27 Oct 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
NAO flags concerns over Probation Service reform programme
Watchdog says HMPPS underestimated the number of staff the service requires
Home Office 'not yet fit for purpose', Shabana Mahmood says
23 Oct 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office 'not yet fit for purpose', Shabana Mahmood says
Mahmood says she is working with Dame Antonia Romeo “to transform the Home Office" in response to release of critical 2023 report
Border Force patrol staff back strike action
21 Oct 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Border Force patrol staff back strike action
Crews who tackle small boat gangs and smugglers in English Channel vote for action over six-year wait for allowances to be updated
Six sentenced over £20m HMRC fraud
21 Oct 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Six sentenced over £20m HMRC fraud
Department's "tenacious" criminal investigators dismantled "complex and sophisticated” system that allowed businesses to cheat VAT bills