Union warns over National Crime Agency funding shortfall
03 Nov 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Union warns over National Crime Agency funding shortfall
Home Office minister confirms higher pay award has led to recruitment slowdown
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood sets out major migration policy change
30 Sep 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood sets out major migration policy change
Mahmood said the government would soon consult on the proposed changes for migrants looking to settle in the United Kingdom
'Enormous opportunity': Starmer sets out stall for digital ID scheme
29 Sep 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
'Enormous opportunity': Starmer sets out stall for digital ID scheme
PM pitches proposals as a crackdown on illegal working –15 years after Blair-era scheme bit the dust
Border Force staff balloted for strike action
24 Sep 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Border Force staff balloted for strike action
Patrol-boat workers’ dispute focuses on terms, conditions and “frozen” allowances
HMPPS names next chief executive
19 Sep 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
HMPPS names next chief executive
MoJ chief operating officer James McEwen will take helm of Prison and Probation Service next month 
Home Office offers up to £190k for digital and innovation head
18 Sep 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office offers up to £190k for digital and innovation head
Successful candidate will have a team of around 4,000 and an annual budget of approximately £1.8bn
Duty of candour: Hillsborough Law gets first reading in parliament
17 Sep 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Duty of candour: Hillsborough Law gets first reading in parliament
Bill will oblige civil servants and authorities to prevent cover-ups such as the 1989 football-stadium disaster and the Horizon IT scandal
Criminal Cases Review Commission: Growing caseload prompts ‘essential’ recruitment drive
29 Aug 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Criminal Cases Review Commission: Growing caseload prompts ‘essential’ recruitment drive
The body is seeking a “small, immediate expansion of the team" amid caseload pressures
Home Office plans ‘new independent body’ to deal with asylum appeals
26 Aug 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office plans ‘new independent body’ to deal with asylum appeals
Proposals will end “completely unacceptable delays”, according to home secretary Yvette Cooper
Cabinet Office targets £350m savings from child benefit fraud
22 Aug 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Cabinet Office targets £350m savings from child benefit fraud
Pilot inspires creation of 200-strong team in clampdown on claimants who have left the country
Home Office faces turmoil over asylum-seeker hotels, ex-perm sec says
21 Aug 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office faces turmoil over asylum-seeker hotels, ex-perm sec says
David Normington warns department will be “in a bind” if more councils take legal action to shut down accommodation
CPS warns large organisations to prepare for new fraud offence
19 Aug 2025 Justice & Home Affairs
CPS warns large organisations to prepare for new fraud offence
Looming law change will make big business, charities and other organisations responsible for preventing fraud committed by employees