Justice & Home Affairs

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".