Ministers have been condemned after a report revealed that the places hardest hit by cuts to youth services are likely to have seen the biggest increases in knife crime.

Radical reforms to the probation service were introduced too quickly by Chris Grayling and will end up costing the public purse nearly half a billion pounds, according to MPs.

Gavin Williamson will avoid a criminal investigation into his alleged role in leaking top-secret information after the head of the Metropolitan Police said the case would need to be referred to them by ministers.

Theresa May has been warned that Britain risks “nesting a dragon” if ministers ignore top intelligence advice and allow Huawei to build parts of the country's new 5G network.

The legal professions of England and Wales – solicitors, barristers and Chartered Legal Executives are joining together to mark Pride events in Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Cardiff and London.

A cross-party group of MPs has referred the Home Office to the UK's equalities watchdog as they warned that "nothing has changed" since the Windrush scandal erupted last year.

Former district councillor, the Conservative MP for Rugby Mark Pawsey, writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on district council finances, in anticipation of this week's local council elections.

It was always unrealistic to assume that the technology companies providing social media, chat and gaming services would act unilaterally to police the online world and most will welcome a clear legal definition of harms and clarity on their statutory duty of care, says PA Consulting.

The Online Harms White Paper is a valuable step forward in creating a safer and stronger internet that works for the benefit of all humankind, says DCMS Minister, Lord Ashton.

Rape victims could be discouraged from coming forward if new guidelines force them to hand over their phones to police, MPs from across the political divide have warned.

Jeremy Hunt has urged Theresa May to show "caution" over the decision to let Chinese telecoms firm Huawei help build the UK’s 5G network.

The UK’s fracking tsar has quit her post just after six months as she accused the Government of pandering to environmental activists.

Peers will be forced to declare any business interests linked to China and Russia as part of a wider effort to crackdown on "red money" in public life, it has been reported.

Senior ministers have denied being behind the leak of information from a top-security meeting amid calls for a criminal probe to be launched.

Theresa May’s most senior national security adviser has launched an inquiry after details of a top secret meeting on Chinese firm Huawei’s role in the UK’s 5G network were leaked, PoliticsHome has learned.

Labour has accused ministers of being "in denial" over the impact of police cuts as knife crime figures rose to record levels last year.

Theresa May is facing growing calls to order a leak inquiry after secret discussions by Cabinet ministers about Chinese telecoms giant Huawei's role in Britain's 5G network were made public.

The Bar Council respond to the launch today of the Pre-Application Judicial Education (PAJE) programme by the Judicial Diversity Forum (JDF).

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have condemned the “appalling” Easter weekend attacks in Sri Lanka that have left at least 290 people dead.

The climate change protesters who have brought parts of London to a standstill in a bid to highlight the plight of the planet should go and "lecture" China instead, Boris Johnson has suggested.

The murder of Stephen Lawrence forced Britain to "wake up to the reality of the racism that still exists in our society", Theresa May has said.

Brits have been urged to better protect themselves online after a survey revealed the most commonly breached passwords across the world.

Theresa May has condemned the "shocking and truly senseless" killing of a 29-year-old investigative reporter in what police have called a "terrorist incident" in Derry.

Dods People draws together a list of appointments in Westminster politics, the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector in the last week.