MoJ confirms rollout of ‘Texas-style’ Intensive Supervision Courts
28 Jul 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ confirms rollout of ‘Texas-style’ Intensive Supervision Courts
Strictly-monitored community sentences for substance-abuse driven criminals aim to slash reoffending rates
Home Office to set up cross-government team to monitor delivery of target to halve VAWG
21 Jul 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office to set up cross-government team to monitor delivery of target to halve VAWG
Department accepts NAO recommendation and says it is “developing options for this joint team to align with the delivery phase of the upcoming VAWG Strategy”
NCA officer jailed for stealing Bitcoin he helped to confiscate
18 Jul 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
NCA officer jailed for stealing Bitcoin he helped to confiscate
Paul Chowles handed five-and-a-half year sentence after pocketing cryptocurrency from Silk Road 2.0 co-founder
Violence against women and girls: cross-government coordination 'remains inadequate', MPs warn
11 Jul 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Violence against women and girls: cross-government coordination 'remains inadequate', MPs warn
Home Affairs Committee says it is “unconvinced” the Home Office has the “capacity or imagination” to deliver the government's VAWG target
Horizon Inquiry calls for new public body to manage compensation
09 Jul 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Horizon Inquiry calls for new public body to manage compensation
Department for Business and Trade hit with a range of "must do" recommendations over Post Office IT failings
Home Office: MPs warn of 'insufficient' collaboration with other departments on visa changes
07 Jul 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office: MPs warn of 'insufficient' collaboration with other departments on visa changes
Public Accounts Committee says the Home Office opened its skilled worker visa route for social care ‘quickly’ and without an impact assessment
Home Office staffer jailed for selling asylum approval
30 Jun 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office staffer jailed for selling asylum approval
Corrupt official handed four-and-a-half years behind bars after pleading guilty to bribery and other offences
Ex-No.10 Policy Unit head Munira Mirza to play key role in think tank targeting 'Whitehall bureaucracy'
26 Jun 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Ex-No.10 Policy Unit head Munira Mirza to play key role in think tank targeting 'Whitehall bureaucracy'
Fix Britain says "HR culture and bureaucracy of Whitehall" and rise in judicial reviews are among "factors that prevent functionality" in government
Grooming gangs review: Leadership and collaboration ‘lacking’ across government
17 Jun 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Grooming gangs review: Leadership and collaboration ‘lacking’ across government
Louise Casey hands Home Office, DfE and DfT her recommendations for urgent action
SR25: MoJ gets funding injection for new prison places and probation services
12 Jun 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
SR25: MoJ gets funding injection for new prison places and probation services
£7bn will be used to create 14,000 prison places by 2031, while probation services will get up to £700m per year by 2028‑29 to implement sentencing review recommendations
Ministry of Justice picks Jo Farrar as new permanent secretary
11 Jun 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Ministry of Justice picks Jo Farrar as new permanent secretary
Former second perm sec will return to the MoJ as its top civil servant after two-year spell in NHS body
MoJ sets up new probation and reoffending directorate
02 Jun 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ sets up new probation and reoffending directorate
Up to £100,000 on offer for director to lead work on probation policy and community and reoffending policy