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
Fresh guidance tells civil servants to ignore ECHR rulings on Rwanda flights
18 Jan 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Fresh guidance tells civil servants to ignore ECHR rulings on Rwanda flights
Ministers will have final say on whether to ignore Rule 39 orders, perm sec confirms
Alarm over plans to make civil servants ignore ECHR Rwanda rulings
17 Jan 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Alarm over plans to make civil servants ignore ECHR Rwanda rulings
Mooted plans to change civil service code described by unions as "madness" and "desperate"
MoJ wins award for excellence in recruitment
15 Jan 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ wins award for excellence in recruitment
The department has been singled out for its approach to increasing diversity
Ministry of Justice sells Reading Prison
12 Jan 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Ministry of Justice sells Reading Prison
Former prison site has lay empty for 10 years
Stats regulator investigating Sunak's asylum backlog claims
04 Jan 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Stats regulator investigating Sunak's asylum backlog claims
Thousands of asylum cases remain undecided despite ministers' claims that the backlog has been cleared
Sunak being 'transparent' about asylum backlog numbers, No.10 insists
03 Jan 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Sunak being 'transparent' about asylum backlog numbers, No.10 insists
No.10 defends PM's claim despite accusations it was "misleading", with thousands of decisions remaining
Sunak claims asylum backlog has been cleared
02 Jan 2024 Justice & Home Affairs
Sunak claims asylum backlog has been cleared
More than 4,000 "complex" cases remain in legacy backlog, while total backlog stands at just under 100,000
Watchdog to probe Rwanda scheme costs – as legal bill tops £2m
14 Dec 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Watchdog to probe Rwanda scheme costs – as legal bill tops £2m
Committee chairs slam "extreme lack of respect" from Home Office in handling of correspondence on costs
Home Office drops modern slavery support measures over 'viability and funding'
11 Dec 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office drops modern slavery support measures over 'viability and funding'
Charities accuse government being “no longer committed to protecting victims of modern slavery”