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
MoJ launches review that could lead to Parole Board overhaul
22 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ launches review that could lead to Parole Board overhaul
Review is the “culmination of work to examine and reform the parole system" that followed Worboys case
Civil servant arrested in probe over ambassador's leaked Trump comments
20 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Civil servant arrested in probe over ambassador's leaked Trump comments
Kim Darroch quit British Embassy in Washington after cables showed he called US president “inept”, “insecure” and “incompetent”
Home Office and MHCLG detail £60m coronavirus policing package
08 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office and MHCLG detail £60m coronavirus policing package
Law-enforcement funding targets boosted town-centre visibility and compliance checks
Civil servant pleads guilty to role in Extinction Rebellion protest
07 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Civil servant pleads guilty to role in Extinction Rebellion protest
Staffer handed conditional discharge after printworks blockade that saw campaigners chained and cemented together
Cabinet Office to probe leaks of asylum-seeker detention ideas
02 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Cabinet Office to probe leaks of asylum-seeker detention ideas
Home Office perm sec Matthew Rycroft tells MPs "everything is on the table" after reports detail controversial blue-sky thinking on offshore holding centres
Home Office culture change pledge branded 'laughable' as government considers offshore detention centres
01 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office culture change pledge branded 'laughable' as government considers offshore detention centres
Human rights group criticises "improvement plan" amid reports officials considered putting asylum seekers on oil rigs
Home Office to trial outsourced asylum interviews to clear coronavirus backlog
28 Sep 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office to trial outsourced asylum interviews to clear coronavirus backlog
Six-week pilot will trial use of external supplier to “get the system moving again”
Home Office has ‘too much’ immigration enforcement information, but ‘not the right sort’
18 Sep 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office has ‘too much’ immigration enforcement information, but ‘not the right sort’
Damning PAC report accuses department of formulating policy on “anecdote, assumption and prejudice” and of showing “little concern” for the human impact of its failures
Priti Patel tight-lipped on ‘completed’ probe into bullying claims
15 Sep 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Priti Patel tight-lipped on ‘completed’ probe into bullying claims
Home secretary refuses to endorse publication of Cabinet Office report into allegations about her treatment of staff
Delays to inspection reports 'undermines' immigration watchdog's work, Home Office told
14 Sep 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Delays to inspection reports 'undermines' immigration watchdog's work, Home Office told
Outgoing chief inspector David Bolt says department's failure to publish transparency reports quickly undermine his credibility and influence
Home Office perm sec bans controversial department video that referred to ‘activist lawyers’
28 Aug 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office perm sec bans controversial department video that referred to ‘activist lawyers’
Matthew Rycroft bans official Twitter clip dismissing people providing legal representation for asylum seekers as “activist lawyers”
Home Office seeks independent adviser to Windrush compensation scheme
26 Aug 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office seeks independent adviser to Windrush compensation scheme
Recruitment will fulfil department's April 2019 commitment for independent oversight of scheme that has settled less than 20% of claims so far
Louise Casey quits government rough sleeping review role
21 Aug 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Louise Casey quits government rough sleeping review role
Former Troubled Families tsar says appointment to House of Lords contributed to decision