Justice & Home Affairs

Courts and prisons need hundreds of millions more in spending to deal with capacity pressures, IfG finds

Competition launched after a court challenge forced the department to remove its previous appointee from the role

JCWI will take case to Supreme Court after appeal finds some landlords discriminate because of scheme requirements

Union says Home Office agency has agreed to talks on how to ensure onsite staff safety amid coronavirus crisis

Low Incomes Tax Reform Group applauds round-the-clock efforts of ‘invisible cohort’ of departmental staff

Cabinet secretary also encourages departmental staff to make time to relax – safely – over the Easter weekend

Boris Johnson has been hospitalised as “precautionary” measure as health secretary accuses people out sunbathing of “putting lives at risk”

Resolution Foundation calls on ministers to extend eligibility and encourage new claims as demand for support spikes

McCallum, currently deputy director general of the Security Service, will take over from Sir Andrew Parker at the end of April

As part of CSW’s Digital Transformation special edition, we asked sector experts to share their insight on how a broad range of near-term advances in technology will transform the way public services are delivered, and we will be sharing their thoughts all this week. In this first entry, Tom Read the chief digital and information officer at the Ministry of Justice, looks at the opportunities in the sector

Business and employee support schemes open for business this week

Online drive blamed for tens of thousands of potentially bogus requests, says National Audit Office

Home Office was slow to react to reports of injustice and ignored warning signs, Wendy Williams finds

NAO report says lower take up of free early years places in most deprived areas “risks increasing development gap”

Jim Harra ‘strongly rejects’ criticism from Ed Davey’s APPG on the controversial Loan Charge

Tom Hurd, director general of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism in the Home Office, explains the organisation’s role and his priorities for this year’s Security & Policing event

To mark this year’s annual Security & Policing conference, CSW interviews experts including the National Crime Agency’s Lynne Owens and the Joint Security and Resilience Centre’s Angela Essel, and takes an in-depth look at issues such as knife crime and the relationship between UK security firms and the Department for International Trade

Message sent to staff as fresh bullying claims emerge from Patel’s time at the Department for International Development

The UK government should look west for ideas on fostering security innovation from the tech sector, says Alexis Long

Serco Health director Abi Tierney will lead HM Passport Office and UK Visas and Immigration

Knife crime has hit a record high in England but it is hardly a new phenomenon. Jonathan Owen looks at what is driving current levels and how police and civil servants are responding in new ways

Former head of government Rough Sleepers Unit returns to Whitehall as PM announces new aid package

Lynne Owens, director general of the National Crime Agency, is one of the most important figures in UK law enforcement. She tells Richard Johnstone how her drive to help people at their most vulnerable took her to the top of her profession.