National Crime Agency 'on its knees', anti-corruption charity warns
09 Sep 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
National Crime Agency 'on its knees', anti-corruption charity warns
Agency suffering from "major brain drain", with morale "close to rock bottom" amid "potential catastrophic" pay issues
Ministers scrap plan to accommodate asylum seekers at former RAF base
06 Sep 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Ministers scrap plan to accommodate asylum seekers at former RAF base
Home Office review finds plan "no longer represents value for money"
(What's the Story) Watchdog probes Oasis ticket sales
06 Sep 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
(What's the Story) Watchdog probes Oasis ticket sales
Competition and Markets Authority asks fans for experiences of Ticketmaster's "dynamic pricing" for reunion shows
Home Office agency staff costs three times higher than before Covid
06 Sep 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office agency staff costs three times higher than before Covid
The department has spent more than £500m on temporary staff in the last two years
Grenfell Inquiry: Fire safety functions should be combined in one department
05 Sep 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Grenfell Inquiry: Fire safety functions should be combined in one department
Final report also recommends establishment of single body responsible for all aspects of regulation related to fire safety in the construction industry
Immigration watchdog urges Home Office to address continued delays to inspection reports
03 Sep 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Immigration watchdog urges Home Office to address continued delays to inspection reports
Interim ICIBI David Bolt also warns of challenges to forward planning as recruitment of his successor remains uncertain
'I've never been so tired': Eight in ten striking Border Force officials suffering workplace stress
30 Aug 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
'I've never been so tired': Eight in ten striking Border Force officials suffering workplace stress
Home Office pledges to keep open dialogue with the PCS union as long-running Heathrow dispute continues
Home Office under fire for 'deeply unsatisfactory' asylum budgeting
29 Aug 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office under fire for 'deeply unsatisfactory' asylum budgeting
Think tank says pattern of multi-billion-pound annual overspends looks like a breach of Treasury rules
Immigration watchdog seeks evidence on Border Force
28 Aug 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Immigration watchdog seeks evidence on Border Force
ICIBI invites people with “knowledge or first-hand experience of clandestine entry to the UK" to contribute to inspection
Former CPS head calls for 'proper resourcing' for criminal justice system
23 Aug 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Former CPS head calls for 'proper resourcing' for criminal justice system
Max Hill says summer riots show need for more funding to be directed to police, prisons, prosecutors and courts
NCA to recruit 100 extra officers to target smuggling gangs
21 Aug 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
NCA to recruit 100 extra officers to target smuggling gangs
Plus, Home Office says it has reassigned hundreds of caseworkers to work on failed asylum and returns cases
Funding shortfall hindering improvements to counter-terrorism capability, MoJ warns
12 Aug 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Funding shortfall hindering improvements to counter-terrorism capability, MoJ warns
Progress report reveals series of delays to efforts to address concerns about government's management of terrorism offenders
NCA officer jailed over indecent images of children and extreme pornography
08 Aug 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
NCA officer jailed over indecent images of children and extreme pornography
Adam Taylor sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after agency's anti-corruption unit found horrific abuse images on his tech devices
Home Office governance overhaul has improved performance management, says lead NED
07 Aug 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office governance overhaul has improved performance management, says lead NED
Non-exec director says the introduction of a new operating system has also reduced bureaucracy and time spent by officials in committee meetings
Banks share data with NCA to tackle organised crime
05 Aug 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Banks share data with NCA to tackle organised crime
Data from the scheme - believed to be the largest of its kind in the world - has helped identify eight new criminal networks for further investigation
Post Office scandal: Civil servants misled me over Horizon, ex-minister says
24 Jul 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Post Office scandal: Civil servants misled me over Horizon, ex-minister says
Lucy Neville-Rolfe says she "lost confidence in the quality of Shareholder Executive's advice"
Home Office to close Bibby Stockholm asylum barge
24 Jul 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office to close Bibby Stockholm asylum barge
Not renewing contract for floating hostel will save at least £20m next year, ministers say
Justice secretary seeks removal of agency chief over Malkinson case failures
22 Jul 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Justice secretary seeks removal of agency chief over Malkinson case failures
Report finds Criminal Cases Review Commission “completely failed” Andrew Malkinson, who was wrongly jailed for 17 years
Post Office scandal: McFadden calls for new body to probe 'rogue' ALBs
19 Jul 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Post Office scandal: McFadden calls for new body to probe 'rogue' ALBs
Cabinet Office minister says business department was "dependent" on company telling the truth
Home Office small boats chief quits
18 Jul 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office small boats chief quits
Director general Stuart Skeates will oversee transition to Border Security Command before stepping down
Home Office child hotels were 'easy target for traffickers'
17 Jul 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office child hotels were 'easy target for traffickers'
Experts demand inquiry as report finds lone children placed in youth asylum hotels were at increased risk of trafficking and exploitation
Anti-corruption groups call for more investment in government agencies
16 Jul 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Anti-corruption groups call for more investment in government agencies
UK Anti-Corruption Coalition also urges appointment of anti-corruption champion, a position that has been vacant for 759 days
Prisons crisis: Probation Service to get 1,000 extra trainee officers
12 Jul 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Prisons crisis: Probation Service to get 1,000 extra trainee officers
New justice secretary confirms plans to release some categories of prisoner after they serve just 40% of their sentences
Ministers set to act on 'shocking' prisons capacity crisis
11 Jul 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Ministers set to act on 'shocking' prisons capacity crisis
Former justice secretary Alex Chalk admits last government put votes ahead of early-release decision