Richard Atkins QC has become Chair of the Bar Council for 2019, the representative body for all 16,000 barristers in England & Wales. He takes over from outgoing Chair, Andrew Walker QC.

Cabinet ministers Sajid Javid and Gavin Williamson have been accused of abusing the Royal Navy to engage in “juvenile” jostling for the Conservative leadership.

The Bar Council and openDemocracy, the independent media platform, have joined forces to publish a series of videos and articles documenting the real-life effects of legal aid cuts.

Sajid Javid has been accused of breaking international law after he suggested that the hundreds of migrants crossing the English Channel in an attempt to get to the UK may not be "genuine" asylum seekers.

Sajid Javid has suggested that migrants trying to get into the UK by crossing the English Channel may not be "genuine" asylum seekers.

The number of peers could be slashed by removing "passengers" who make little or no contribution to the work of the House of Lords, according to the Lord Speaker.

Sajid Javid has ordered two more Border Force boats to patrol the English Channel in an effort to stop migrants making the perilous crossing from Calais to Dover in small boats.

Sajid Javid has defended his handling of the Channel migrant crisis, saying there are “no easy answers” to the problem.

All three main opposition leaders have now released their New Year messages to a grateful nation, with Britain's impending exit from the EU looming large. PoliticsHome has the round-up.

Sajid Javid has been forced to cut a family holiday short and return to the UK to deal with the escalating crisis of people attempting to cross the Channel and enter Britain illegally.

30 rank and file officers from across England and Wales have been recognised in the 2019 Queen’s New Year’s Honours announced today.

A major tragedy in the English Channel is “only a matter of time” unless the Government can effectively deter those trying to cross the water, ministers have been warned.

Leaving the European Union without an agreement could put public safety “at risk” according to the most senior police chief in the UK.

Sajid Javid has defended his decision to highlight the ethnicity of men involved in some grooming gangs.

More than 75,000 police officers and staff have completed new training on the disclosure, according to figures released today.

A Labour MP convicted of perverting the course of justice has compared herself to Jesus and Moses.

The claims made by new research which states that carrying Taser increases police use of force have been challenged by the Police Federation of England and Wales.

Ministers have been warned that vulnerable women and children could be left "unsafe" over Christmas because of fresh delays to a long-promised crackdown on domestic violence.

The Road Haulage Association warns that plans to set an income-based threshold on immigration after the UK leaves the EU won’t meet the needs of business.

The Government today unveilled its long-delayed blueprint for how Britain will manage migration after leaving the EU. PoliticsHome has broken down the key points.

Net migration will be brought down to "sustainable levels" thanks to a crackdown on the number of low-skilled workers entering the UK after Brexit, Sajid Javid will declare today.

It is essential that veterinary surgeons are included in government plans to scrap the cap on skilled workers from the EU and elsewhere, according to the British Veterinary Association (BVA). 

Consumers face having to pay a deposit on bottles, cans and disposable cups under a new crackdown on waste, Michael Gove has revealed.

The Bar Council has today published the first in a series of short videos featuring MPs and charity workers talking about the impact that LASPO and legal aid cuts have had on their constituents and the people they support.