KPMG to support MoJ campaign to get prison leavers into work
25 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
KPMG to support MoJ campaign to get prison leavers into work
Project is latest step in department's work to reduce reoffending rates
Home Office staffer suspended over cash-for-asylum-approval claims
19 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office staffer suspended over cash-for-asylum-approval claims
Police arrest man on suspicion of misconduct in public office after alleged demand for £2,000 bribe
Rycroft: Government has no choice but to allocate domestic refugee costs as ODA spend
17 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Rycroft: Government has no choice but to allocate domestic refugee costs as ODA spend
Home Office perm sec says government is abiding by international aid spending rules amid watchdog criticism
Significant optimism bias caused ‘woeful’ asylum accommodation estimate – Rycroft
16 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Significant optimism bias caused ‘woeful’ asylum accommodation estimate – Rycroft
Home Office perm sec admits department got its cost projections "so, so wrong"
CPS recruiting for two new senior roles in leadership shakeup
12 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
CPS recruiting for two new senior roles in leadership shakeup
Service advertises £127k director-general level COO and legal-delivery posts
DWP hails convictions in £54m Universal Credit fraud case
12 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
DWP hails convictions in £54m Universal Credit fraud case
Five plead guilty over London 'benefit factories' that generated thousands of false claims
Home Office aid spending 'wreaking havoc' on FCDO's development work
11 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office aid spending 'wreaking havoc' on FCDO's development work
Rwanda scheme delay causing “untenable limbo”, watchdog adds
Corrupt Border Force official convicted for helping drugs gang
11 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Corrupt Border Force official convicted for helping drugs gang
Kevin Smith aided smugglers to bring class-A drugs into the country unchecked
Border Force strike at Heathrow suspended
08 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Border Force strike at Heathrow suspended
PCS union holds off on walkout in bid to leave room for talks over planned changes to shift patterns
RAAC found at five prisons, minister reveals
05 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
RAAC found at five prisons, minister reveals
Edward Argar also admits government is only on target to provide 10,000 new prison places by 2025, falling short of 20,000 target
MoJ demands answers after prison-staffing exposé
28 Mar 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ demands answers after prison-staffing exposé
Undercover reporter was hired as agency staff member at troubled HMP Bedford
Border Force staff vote to strike over shift pattern proposals
27 Mar 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Border Force staff vote to strike over shift pattern proposals
Heathrow ballot results show "how angry and determined" members are at changes to working patterns, PCS says
United Nations takes aim at UK's disability benefits reforms
19 Mar 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
United Nations takes aim at UK's disability benefits reforms
Session describes agenda that "demonises" disabled people and is a block to an adequate standard of living
Labour sets out plan for 1,000-strong asylum removals squad
18 Mar 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Labour sets out plan for 1,000-strong asylum removals squad
'Returns and Enforcement Unit' would target the 40% fall in asylum removals since 2010, shadow home secretary says
Prison officers' union demands 8.3% pay rise amid 'retention crisis'
14 Mar 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Prison officers' union demands 8.3% pay rise amid 'retention crisis'
POA calls for uplift to target real-terms pay erosion and high turnover of prison staff
Budget: Departments to develop 'productivity plans' ahead of spending review
06 Mar 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Budget: Departments to develop 'productivity plans' ahead of spending review
Jeremy Hunt allocates £800m to boosting productivity across public services
Ex-immigration watchdog warns his sacking has put inspection work 'in limbo'
28 Feb 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Ex-immigration watchdog warns his sacking has put inspection work 'in limbo'
Former chief inspector for borders and immigration David Neal says he was sacked for "doing his job"
Immigration watchdog sacked over claims about border failings
21 Feb 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Immigration watchdog sacked over claims about border failings
Home Office says James Cleverly lost confidence in independent inspector David Neal
Nine Nightingale courts to stay open amid warnings over backlog 'crisis'
19 Feb 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Nine Nightingale courts to stay open amid warnings over backlog 'crisis'
Announcement follows victims’ commissioner's call for “urgent and creative intervention” to address "chronic and unacceptable delays"
Survey paints damning picture of sexual harassment in MoD
09 Feb 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Survey paints damning picture of sexual harassment in MoD
Union says 61% of female respondents report being victims, with “toxic” behaviours tolerated in the defence sector
Cleverly: Asylum claims build-up is 'not a backlog' and there's no target to tackle it
01 Feb 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Cleverly: Asylum claims build-up is 'not a backlog' and there's no target to tackle it
Home secretary tells MPs 94,000-strong caseload is a "queue"
Rycroft: No change on Rwanda value-for-money judgement until planes take off
31 Jan 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Rycroft: No change on Rwanda value-for-money judgement until planes take off
Answering the value for money question will depend on whether the Home Office sees a "deterrent effect" once flights start, perm sec says
PCS to launch judicial review over Border Force anti-strike law
29 Jan 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
PCS to launch judicial review over Border Force anti-strike law
Union says the legislation restricts right to strike under the European Convention on Human Rights
'Far from Rolls Royce service': Ex-commissioner slams Home Office disinterest in his work
26 Jan 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
'Far from Rolls Royce service': Ex-commissioner slams Home Office disinterest in his work
Former Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner reveals frustration with officials