Jail for 'benefit factory' fraudsters who cheated DWP out of £54m
31 May 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Jail for 'benefit factory' fraudsters who cheated DWP out of £54m
Organised crime group members get sentences of up to eight years for "industrial-scale" Universal Credit scam
Home Office under fire for lack of transparency on Rwanda plans
30 May 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office under fire for lack of transparency on Rwanda plans
MPs have "little confidence" in department's ability to implement controversial asylum partnership "given its track record"
Former immigration watchdog to stand in after three-month vacancy
29 May 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Former immigration watchdog to stand in after three-month vacancy
Ex-independent chief inspector of borders and immigration David Bolt will temporarily fill the role David Neal was sacked from in February
Infected blood scandal: Interim chair of new compensation body named
22 May 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Infected blood scandal: Interim chair of new compensation body named
Victims set for interim payments of £210K and full settlements of up to £2.735m, according to documents
Infected blood scandal: Report blasts 'defensive' civil service spin
21 May 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Infected blood scandal: Report blasts 'defensive' civil service spin
Call for senior civil servants to face new statutory duties over advice to perm secs and ministers
Border Force staff to stage another strike at Heathrow
21 May 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Border Force staff to stage another strike at Heathrow
More than 500 PCS members in Border Force will walk out later this month in a dispute over changes to shift patterns
Post-Brexit border plan suffering from resourcing and oversight issues, NAO warns
20 May 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Post-Brexit border plan suffering from resourcing and oversight issues, NAO warns
Watchdog says government's border plan lacks an integrated cross-government delivery plan, while programmes face resourcing uncertainty
Border Force anti-strike law: PCS gets go-ahead for legal challenge
13 May 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Border Force anti-strike law: PCS gets go-ahead for legal challenge
High Court grants permission for judicial review of minimum service levels regulations in the Border Force
Rwanda scheme: FDA seeks judicial review as civil servants 'could be made to break law'
02 May 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Rwanda scheme: FDA seeks judicial review as civil servants 'could be made to break law'
Union says “cowardly” and “reckless” approach threatens the integrity of the civil service
Guidance telling civil servants to ignore ECHR rulings on Rwanda flights comes into force
30 Apr 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Guidance telling civil servants to ignore ECHR rulings on Rwanda flights comes into force
"Parliament has legislated" to give ministers discretion on whether to comply with Rule 39 rulings, ethics chief says
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