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
Tribunal flags ‘unsatisfactory aspects’ in Home Office ‘disability blind’ recruitment system
30 May 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Tribunal flags ‘unsatisfactory aspects’ in Home Office ‘disability blind’ recruitment system
Judge questions whether disabled applicants are getting enough support in "rather opaque recruitment process"
Dad and son convicted for assaults on Environment Agency staff
27 May 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Dad and son convicted for assaults on Environment Agency staff
Anglers ordered to pay £12,000 in fines and costs after fracas following fishing-licence checks
Sentencing review calls for investment in Probation Service to boost 'capacity and resilience'
22 May 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Sentencing review calls for investment in Probation Service to boost 'capacity and resilience'
David Gauke sets out recommendations to tackle prison capacity crisis
Departments ‘struggling to keep pace’ with reducing violence against women and girls
16 May 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Departments ‘struggling to keep pace’ with reducing violence against women and girls
Public Accounts Committee says Home Office needs to lead “urgent and coordinated action” across government to deliver on mission
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
12 May 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
Head of probation staff union also questions if ministers understand the extent of the "operational crisis" in probation services
Home Office perm sec sets out plans to tackle compliance ‘weaknesses’
08 May 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office perm sec sets out plans to tackle compliance ‘weaknesses’
Antonia Romeo tells MPs multi-million-pound asylum-accommodation failings exposed need for “incentivised culture-change”
MoJ offers up to £160,000 for group chief technology officer
08 May 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ offers up to £160,000 for group chief technology officer
Chosen candidate will be be tasked with providing "leadership that will unite and organise a vast and diverse community of technical professionals"
New HMPPS bullying complaints unit to end 'toxic culture', prisons minister says
07 May 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
New HMPPS bullying complaints unit to end 'toxic culture', prisons minister says
Unit to be set up after Rademaker review identifies "perceived fear of retaliation for reporting a complaint"