Justice & Home Affairs

Civil servants offered extra leave to volunteer as special constables in drive to sign up officials

Tracey Crouch also details Whitehall push-back over fixed-odds betting terminals, Brexit's opportunity cost and ‘complete pain in the arse’ Matt Hancock

National Audit Office recognises progress but says ‘significant’ time and budget challenges remain

Home affairs committee chair said “the extraordinary participation police recruits and officers in an ostensibly political event raises serious concerns”

With free movement now set to end abruptly on 31 October, the Home Office remains unable to answer key questions

Department declares former minister’s resignation pledge project a success

Dominic Hornberger remanded in custody until 13 September

Injuries to official said to be not life threatening after attack on Marsham Street yesterday

Cabinet secretary says that there is ‘no evidence to suggest that the attack was anything other than an isolated incident’ at this stage

Home secretary says her thoughts are with victim of “unprovoked knife attack”

Think tank also calls for merger of policing watchdogs after warning current set up 'places a heavy bureaucratic burden on individual forces'

Lord Carlile will consider if programme is fit for purpose