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”
Government pledges not to 'defend the indefensible' in Hillsborough Charter
11 Dec 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Government pledges not to 'defend the indefensible' in Hillsborough Charter
Hillsborough Charter sets out "duty of candour" but will not be legally enforceable
Robert Jenrick resigns over government's Rwanda plan
07 Dec 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Robert Jenrick resigns over government's Rwanda plan
Immigration minister quits amid decision not to leave the European Convention on Human Rights
Ministers name choice for next chief inspector of probation
06 Dec 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Ministers name choice for next chief inspector of probation
Parole Board chief exec Martin Jones lined up for watchdog role covering England and Wales
Home Office vetoes MPs' request to attend immigration inspection
29 Nov 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office vetoes MPs' request to attend immigration inspection
Request to accompany borders watchdog was denied to "preserve the independence of the inspectorate", select committee told
HMPPS says ‘lessons have been learned’ as Serco and G4S bag electronic monitoring contracts
24 Nov 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
HMPPS says ‘lessons have been learned’ as Serco and G4S bag electronic monitoring contracts
Deals worth up to £450m come almost a decade after firms admitted overcharging government to the tune of £170m
High Court rules against routine redaction of junior civil servants' names
21 Nov 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
High Court rules against routine redaction of junior civil servants' names
Human rights reform charity Justice celebrates "win for transparency"
MoJ wins planning wrangle over new prison
17 Nov 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ wins planning wrangle over new prison
Gove overrules inspector to approve 1,715-capacity facility in Leicestershire
Home Office working on new Rwanda treaty after Supreme Court ruling
16 Nov 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office working on new Rwanda treaty after Supreme Court ruling
Sunak says he is also "prepared to revisit our domestic legal frameworks"
Supreme Court dismisses government's Rwanda appeal
15 Nov 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Supreme Court dismisses government's Rwanda appeal
Sunak says his government will "consider next steps" after its Rwanda immigration plan was ruled unlawful once more