Justice & Home Affairs

David Cameron to outline cross government defence and security review in the Commons later – as George Osborne confirms all departments have settled with the Treasury ahead of Wednesday's Spending Review

National Cyber Centre to open in Cheltenham, George Osborne announces, amid flurry of security spending announcements in the wake of the Paris terror attacks

Additional intelligence officers to be announced in Strategic Defence and Security Review 

Theresa May sketches out Home Office vision for the next five years – and confirms that Home Office perm sec Mark Sedwill is reviewing size of the department's central HQ

Ombudsman’s report has harsh words for Home Office and lessons for all government departments about how to use complaints to improve services

Ombudsman's report highlights poor complaints handling as biggest cause of upheld cases in 2014-15

Police and Crime Commissioners write to ministers over new funding formula – but Home Office says changes will improve "complex, opaque and out of date" system

Labour asks the NAO to look into Just Solutions International

Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier questions MoJ's "management of taxpayers’ money" – but MoJ points to savings made from the closure

MoJ will not seek single supplier for debt collection – and department confirms it will keep enforcement in-house

Investigatory Powers Tribunal says Wilson Doctrine has 'no legal effect'

Interim chief inspector of probation Paul Wilson tells CSW he is optimistic about the 'Transforming Rehabilitation' scheme – but warns over “more for less” culture