Justice & Home Affairs

As the UK faces increasingly complex global risks, our defence and security organisations must work more collaboratively than ever. CSW hears from key leaders on the challenges and opportunities ahead

As the UK faces increasingly complex global threats, our defence and security organisations must work more collaboratively than ever. Here, CSW hears from Madeleine Alessandri, the prime minister's adviser on national resilience and security, and Dr Christian Turner, the prime minister's adviser on international affairs, about the challenges and opportunities ahead

Government says it's "not the case" that it takes outsourcers at their word when they say they're providing high-quality accommodation

Courts programme boosts justice department's consultants bill

New system of follow-up reviews will update ministers on progress with improving worst prisons 

Calls to advice lines for child support and probate services "do not generate revenue", minister says

Prisons minister says state "better placed" to retain control of HMP Birmingham after stepping in last year

Probation services would be 'safer' under public ownership, chief inspector says

MPs say department has overseen seriously unacceptable practice in almost every area of the deportation system

Report calls for 'complete rethink of the structure, funding and oversight of forensic science'

Jon Thompson warns “that tone of some of the debate around the loan charge, and the spreading of unconfirmed rumours, risks creating additional concern for vulnerable customers”

Right to rent checks have “little to no effect” on controlling immigration, says judge in High Court case

Watchdog says payment-by-results model will cost department at least £467m more than projected and has not delivered results

Justin Russell previously oversaw the MoJ's prisons, offender and youth justice policy

Troubled eight-year project reaches fruition as technology is to be deployed nationwide in the coming months

Announcement comes as damning report finds probation service at one of collapsed company's subsidiaries "inadequate"

Judge nods to departmental budget pressures as he hands down 12-month sentence

Cabinet sec says Farr “dedicated his entire career to keeping our citizens safe and the country secure”

Update also reveals that only one application for financial assistance under the Windrush hardship scheme has been approved

HMPPS is "emerging from several challenging years", says MoJ permanent secretary Richard Heaton 

The report also called for and end to indefinite detention, which "causes distress and anxiety and can trigger mental illness"

"One of the main criticisms levelled at the parole system was a lack of transparency," justice secretary David Gauke said as he set out refomrs following John Worboys case

The inspection found violence had risen “alarmingly” in the last two years, largely fuelled by drugs

Revelation comes as select committee concludes that a no-deal Brexit "cannot be allowed to happen".