Home Office slammed for visa offer to Ukrainians fleeing Russian war
28 Feb 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office slammed for visa offer to Ukrainians fleeing Russian war
MPs call for the UK to extend visas to more family members and for a broader route for other Ukrainians without British family
HMCTS names new chief executive
24 Feb 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
HMCTS names new chief executive
One of Nick Goodwin's major tasks will be tackling the huge backlog in court cases
Windrush: Home Office to build central platform to improve data quality and management
22 Feb 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Windrush: Home Office to build central platform to improve data quality and management
Department aims to make good on recommendations of 2020 lessons-learned report
Inquiry launched into whether politicians should be law officers
18 Feb 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Inquiry launched into whether politicians should be law officers
The House of Lords Constitution Committee will examine whether it is appropriate for ministers to hold roles such as attorney general and solicitor general
Home Office and PM criticised over ‘misleading’ crime-reduction claims
04 Feb 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office and PM criticised over ‘misleading’ crime-reduction claims
Watchdog the UK Statistics Authority says headline figures excluded growth areas of fraud and computer misuse
Ministers ‘must protect civil service impartiality’ in NI Protocol dispute
03 Feb 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Ministers ‘must protect civil service impartiality’ in NI Protocol dispute
Union says Northern Ireland Civil Service officials are at risk of “inevitable accusations of politicisation” in row over Irish Sea border checks
MoJ to move 2,000 jobs to seven regional offices
02 Feb 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ to move 2,000 jobs to seven regional offices
"Justice collaboration centres" to open as part of Places for Growth programme
Met launches investigation into No.10 parties during Covid restrictions
25 Jan 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Met launches investigation into No.10 parties during Covid restrictions
Police commissioner Cressida Dick said a number of events in government buildings had breached the threshold for criminal investigation
DLUHC budget is ‘backstop’ for Gove’s £4bn cladding package
11 Jan 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
DLUHC budget is ‘backstop’ for Gove’s £4bn cladding package
Perm sec seeks ministerial direction over £27m funding request for post-Grenfell fire alarms
Home Office appoints panel to advise on 'scientific' ways to verify age of asylum seekers
07 Jan 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office appoints panel to advise on 'scientific' ways to verify age of asylum seekers
Ethical concerns have been raised over the plans for medical age assessment
Blair feared ‘regulation nightmare’ from Home Office race equality drive
05 Jan 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Blair feared ‘regulation nightmare’ from Home Office race equality drive
Shelved white paper would have called on departments to put race equality “at the heart” of departmental policymaking
HMRC hits departments with £120m bill for contract-worker failings
23 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
HMRC hits departments with £120m bill for contract-worker failings
Ministry of Justice also faces a £15m fine for “careless” approach to tax rules on off-payroll staff
HMPPS spent almost £100m on software, only to scrap it
22 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
HMPPS spent almost £100m on software, only to scrap it
Case-management system was meant to be ready in 2015 but has now been abandoned
Minister ‘needs to correct parliamentary record’ over cab sec’s party probe
22 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Minister ‘needs to correct parliamentary record’ over cab sec’s party probe
Labour call follows Simon Case’s decision to step back from investigations into Downing Street events
Home Office looks to hire post-Windrush independent complaints examiner
21 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office looks to hire post-Windrush independent complaints examiner
Department offers £95K a year for part-time watchdog who will report directly to permanent secretary
Former MoJ perm sec Heaton got £260k exit payment
20 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Former MoJ perm sec Heaton got £260k exit payment
Richard Heaton's exit payment deal is revealed in department's annual accounts
MPs pick new Home Affairs Committee chair
16 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
MPs pick new Home Affairs Committee chair
Diana Johnson wins vote to replace Yvette Cooper on influential scrutiny panel
Former Home Office chief Phillip Rutnam appointed to NHS board
15 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Former Home Office chief Phillip Rutnam appointed to NHS board
Acoba says the appointment of the former perm sec, who resigned last year over a bullying row with Priti Patel, is "low risk"
National Crime Agency offers £223k for next DG
12 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
National Crime Agency offers £223k for next DG
Law-enforcement body launches recruitment drive for permanent successor to Lynne Owens
Lack of digital know-how at top of government contributes to IT failures, MPs say
10 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Lack of digital know-how at top of government contributes to IT failures, MPs say
Public Accounts Committee highlights failure to understand issue of decades-old ‘legacy’ systems used in border control and state pension
MPs sound alarm over Home Office’s £1.1bn police IT programme
08 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
MPs sound alarm over Home Office’s £1.1bn police IT programme
Department’s “miserable record of exorbitantly expensive digital programmes that fail to deliver” continues, says Public Accounts Committee
DLUHC admits to litany of building-safety failings at Grenfell inquiry
08 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
DLUHC admits to litany of building-safety failings at Grenfell inquiry
But department accuses construction firms and building inspectors of abusing the trust placed in them
Officials ‘knew about cladding dangers in early 90s’, Grenfell probe hears
07 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
Officials ‘knew about cladding dangers in early 90s’, Grenfell probe hears
Lawyer says “pattern of suppression and concealment” over successive fire reports aimed to reduce public fears
High Court backs PM’s decision on Patel bullying report
06 Dec 2021 Justice & Home Affairs
High Court backs PM’s decision on Patel bullying report
But union says ruling on handling of home secretary’s conduct still boosts civil servants’ workplace rights