MoJ leads £4m deal on heat and motion sensors to measure office occupancy
19 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ leads £4m deal on heat and motion sensors to measure office occupancy
Technology will report on whether desks and meeting rooms are occupied or not and numbers of people leaving or entering part of a building
Home Office Rwanda deportation policy is legal, court rules
19 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office Rwanda deportation policy is legal, court rules
But judges say cases of eight asylum seekers who were due to be deported earlier this year were not properly considered by the home secretary
Departments set to be billed millions for armed forces strike cover
16 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Departments set to be billed millions for armed forces strike cover
Military personnel for Border Force, NHS and other strikes will cost roughly £4,000 a week per soldier
Civil service strikes: Border Force to strike at six airports over Christmas
08 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Civil service strikes: Border Force to strike at six airports over Christmas
A thousand passport-checking officials are set to go on strike for eight days, PCS has announced
Raab says 'no one ever raised a complaint or grievance' over bullying claims
07 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Raab says 'no one ever raised a complaint or grievance' over bullying claims
Justice secretary says no one spoke to him about his behaviour before formal complaints were submitted last month
Home Office accused of 'creating preventable' health risk after asylum centre diphtheria outbreak
29 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office accused of 'creating preventable' health risk after asylum centre diphtheria outbreak
After suspected cases among asylum seekers dispersed from Manston, expert says situation "should have been prevented through joint working"
DBS back-office staff threaten ‘indefinite’ industrial action
29 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
DBS back-office staff threaten ‘indefinite’ industrial action
PCS chief says billionaire employer can “easily” end pay dispute – plus, more HMCTS strikes announced
Home Office perm sec: 'I still don't have evidence Rwanda scheme is value for money'
25 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office perm sec: 'I still don't have evidence Rwanda scheme is value for money'
Cost of controversial partnership rises to £140m as Rycroft admits there is no sign of deterrent effect yet
Passport Office crisis ‘fixed’, says Braverman – but no promise of return to pre-Covid processing target
25 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Passport Office crisis ‘fixed’, says Braverman – but no promise of return to pre-Covid processing target
Braverman says 99% of applications are now being processed within 10 weeks
Dominic Raab ‘facing series of bullying complaints’ from ex-private secretaries
24 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Dominic Raab ‘facing series of bullying complaints’ from ex-private secretaries
Justice secretary is already being investigated over two formal complaints
Home Office asylum caseworkers offered bonuses in effort to reduce exits
24 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office asylum caseworkers offered bonuses in effort to reduce exits
Retention allowance revealed amid reports Home Office is recruiting low-paid, inexperienced staff who are quickly leaving
Sunak appoints employment barrister to investigate Raab bullying complaints
23 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Sunak appoints employment barrister to investigate Raab bullying complaints
Barrister Adam Tolley has experience defending government departments in employment tribunals
Home Office empties Manston asylum centre after legal challenge
23 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office empties Manston asylum centre after legal challenge
Detainee claimed centre was “overcrowded, unhygienic and unsafe” and Home Office violated rights not be arbitrarily detained
Union announces more HMCTS strikes over 'unsustainable' Common Platform
21 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Union announces more HMCTS strikes over 'unsustainable' Common Platform
Strikes over IT system rollout will include one-day nationwide action at 66 courts in the UK
Civil servants at three departments to strike from mid-December
18 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Civil servants at three departments to strike from mid-December
Strikes will kick off with month-long action at Home Office, DfT and Defra
MPs 'fear Home Office has blank cheque' to use aid money for refugee services Exclusive
18 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
MPs 'fear Home Office has blank cheque' to use aid money for refugee services
Department has obstructed enquiries about use of ODA to support refugees, MPs say
Dominic Raab seeks director to run MoJ private office amid bullying claims
18 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Dominic Raab seeks director to run MoJ private office amid bullying claims
Justice secretary has insisted a director fill the "demanding" £95,000-a-year PPS job
EXCL: Raab telling MoJ staff he has zero tolerance for bullying ‘felt like gaslighting’ Exclusive
15 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
EXCL: Raab telling MoJ staff he has zero tolerance for bullying ‘felt like gaslighting’
Justice secretary ‘created culture of fear’ by ‘belittling’ civil servants, sources say
Manston asylum centre crisis 'not over', home secretary told
15 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Manston asylum centre crisis 'not over', home secretary told
People still sleeping on floors at "short-term" processing facility, Home Affairs Select Committee chair says after visit
Home Office ‘not leading effective cross-government strategy to tackle fraud’
15 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office ‘not leading effective cross-government strategy to tackle fraud’
Watchdog says department still does not understand full scale of the issue five years after it called for urgent action
DLUHC accused of playing down extent of Grenfell failings
11 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
DLUHC accused of playing down extent of Grenfell failings
Inquiry is told “ship of fools” behind catastrophic tower-block refurbishment was no coincidence
Grenfell: DLUHC admits not recognising safety system was ‘broken’
10 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Grenfell: DLUHC admits not recognising safety system was ‘broken’
Inquiry lead counsel insists central government failed to act “despite known risks” before tower-block disaster
Home Office was 'in danger' of breaking law over Manston asylum centre, minister says
07 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office was 'in danger' of breaking law over Manston asylum centre, minister says
Short-term facility was "tipping into becoming an unofficial detention centre", ex-home secretary Shapps says
Home Office accused of 'failing at every turn' on migrant crisis
03 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office accused of 'failing at every turn' on migrant crisis
Local authority leaders share safety concerns and criticise lack of consultation over location of immigration facilities