John McDonnell has approached a prominent economist and former Tory peer about launching a review into the feasibility of a four-day working week, according to reports.

The Government announced this week (5th November) new rules which require landlords to spend up to £3,500 to improve rental properties with the lowest energy performance ratings.

The prospect that people may again be charged fees to use employment tribunals has been met with concern in the legal profession.

Confiscation laws will be reviewed to ensure they’re effectively depriving convicted offenders of their ill-gotten gains, the Law Commission has announced today.

Public confidence in the police has been "severely dented" after a wave of Government spending cuts, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.

Labour MP Mark Hendrick says we need a housing policy to improve the housing stock throughout the UK so that we can ensure that all homes are made energy efficient

The Police Federation of England and Wales responds to Public Accounts Committee report: 'Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales'

Theresa May has reacted with fury to a "completely unacceptable" video of a model of Grenfell tower being burned on a bonfire.

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

In a new paper on Human Rights and Brexit (the latest addition to the Bar Council’s series of Brexit Papers), barristers have warned that the impact of Brexit on human rights will be profound.

Theresa May has led tributes to former head of the civil service Sir Jeremy Heywood, who has died from cancer.

"In Wales we can only look in envy at the Republic of Ireland where growth is projected to be 8% - it is clear our economic wellbeing is being damaged shackled to a sinking Westminster ship," says Plaid Cymru's Treasury Spokesperson Jonathan Edwards MP.

A government-backed charity has come under fire after its chief executive pocketed a 50% pay rise.

Nationwide have released the following statement in response to the Law Commission's report into online abuse.

Philip Hammond delivered his Autumn Budget this week, but how much of it can you remember? Test your knowledge with our hard-as-nails quiz.  

Following the Chancellor’s decision this week to cut several hundred millions from the Ministry of Justice budget, the Bar Council today publishes The Justice Papers. 

Below is the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s briefing in contribution to the debate due to take place on Monday 5 November concerning Dame Laura Cox’s report on the bullying and harassment of House of Commons staff.

Former home secretary Amber Rudd has warned her successor Sajid Javid that the police have "enough on their hands" without having to deal with a string of new hate crimes.

Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd was let down by her aides before her resignation over the Windrush scandal, an official report has concluded.

Sajid Javid has slapped down Caroline Nokes after she wrongly told MPs that employers would have to perform immigration checks on EU nationals after a no-deal Brexit.

Estate agents and solicitors who help to launder cash in Britain face a major crackdown as part of a multi-million plan to tackle organised crime, the security minister has announced.

Reforms to the law are required to protect victims from online and social media-based abuse, according to a new Report by the Law Commission for England and Wales.

Government cuts have left prisons “unsafe and unsanitary” with incidents of violence and self-harm at a record high, MPs have warned.

New research commissioned by the Bar Council reveals the full scale of a decade of dis-investment in justice and argues that decisions to make wholesale budget cuts cannot be blamed on austerity measures alone.