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