The Solicitors Regulations Authority (SRA) has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to its rules regarding firms reporting potential misconduct.

Britain's elections watchdog has dismissed allegations from Priti Patel about the official Remain campaign's spending - and pushed back at claims of bias from the Brexiteer Tory MP.

A cross-party coalition of politicians has urged Philip Hammond to plough billions of pounds of extra funding into transport in the North of England.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has appointed Kaplan as the assessment organisation to develop and run the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).

We must challenge the former EDL leader's poisonous views - as well as the underlying problems that fuel his support, says the Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Ed Davey MP.

Councils across the UK fear leaving the European Union without a deal could lead to civil unrest and shortages of food and medicine, it has emerged.

Theresa May will reportedly insist on the creation of separate queues for British citizens at UK airports after Brexit despite the Home Office having warned against them.

A key youth scheme launched by David Cameron is attracting just twelve percent of the teens eligible to take part - despite receiving hundreds of millions in government funding.

Universal Credit payments should be split between family members to prevent domestic abuse victims being put at even greater risk, MPs have said.

The new Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales says he is “honoured and humbled” to have been elected to the position. 

The new National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales has been announced today.

Co-chairs of the newly established All-Party Parliamentary Group for Medicinal Cannabis call on Sajid Javid to continue to act swiftly on the issue of medicinal cannabis and allow whole plant cannabis oils to be available under prescription in the UK so long as they are manufactured to the well regarded Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standard.

The Supreme Court has today confirmed that judicial approval is not needed when withdrawing life-prolonging treatments from individuals with a prolonged disorder of consciousness (such as minimally-conscious or persistent vegetative state).

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

Plans to given settled EU citizens a unique number after Brexit should be rolled out to UK nationals in the form of an identity card system, a report has recommended.

Online trolls who hammer political figures with vile abuse could be slapped with a ban from standing for election, the Government has announced.

Democracy is facing a 'crisis' because of the rise of fake news, MPs have warned.

John McDonnell has called for Chris Grayling to be sacked from Cabinet and barred from holding another ministerial post amid a row surrounding private probation contracts.

Sajid Javid has been forced to suspend the sharing of intelligence with America on two British-born Isis terror suspects after one of their mothers began legal action against the Government.

Chair of the Justice Select Committee, Bob Neill MP, writes about the Justice Committee's recent report on the disclosure of evidence in criminal cases. 

Sajid Javid has announced that medical cannabis will be available on prescription, following the high-profile case of Billy Caldwell.

The Bar Council has responded to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee’s report on the current state of criminal legal aid in England and Wales.

Former Brexit Secretary David Davis disagreed with a decision not to oppose the death penalty for two British-born Isis fighters facing trial in the United States.

Sajid Javid has ordered an investigations into why members of sexual grooming gangs are disproportionately from a Pakistani background.