It’s the last day of parliament before the summer recess, which means ministers are slipping out bad news to avoid proper scrutiny. Find the key announcements here.

Rachel Tuffin, director at the College of Policing has commented on today's crime statistics.

Police Federation responds to soaring crime figures and dwindling police numbers

The number of frontline police officers has dropped, while recorded crime has risen by its highest in a decade, new figures have revealed.

The Government spent £1.2m on legal costs in its bid to stop MPs voting to trigger Article 50, it has emerged. 

The Government has outlined how a deal on the ‘acquired rights’ of EU and UK citizens could be agreed, using domestic courts to enforce rights and ruling out a role for the CJEU, but the Bar Council has warned that talks could stall before they start if solutions are not found to some obvious challenges.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has again warned the public to be wary of the increasing problem of questionable investment schemes that use the involvement of solicitors or to encourage them to pay over money.

A veteran MP has called on people who use cannabis for medicinal purposes to take the drug outside the Houses of Parliament in a bid to force the Government to make it legal.

79% of clients give barristers top marks.

College of Policing respond to HMCPSI/HMIC report  - "A joint inspection of the disclosure of unused material in volume crown court cases"

Standards in young offender institutions have deteriorated to the point that it will “inevitably end in tragedy” unless urgent action is taken, the chief inspector of prisons has warned. 

Credit card surcharges are to be banned outright from January 2018, the Government has confirmed.

People from "minority backgrounds" should sit on a special panel to advise the judge leading the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster, Jeremy Corbyn has demanded.

Stephen Timms MP calls on the Government to implement new measures to make it harder for criminals to purchase acid, and impose harsher sentences on perpetrators of acid attacks.

John McDonnell has insisted he has no regrets at claiming the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire were "murdered by political decisions”.

Philip Hammond told a Cabinet meeting that public sector workers are "overpaid", it has been revealed.

Amber Rudd has called for more life sentences to be handed down to those who carry out acid attacks. 

Ministers will propose new restrictions on the sale and possession of corrosive substances in the next few days following a spate of acid attacks in London.

The powers that allow members of the public and the victims of crime to call convicted criminals back to court to have their sentence assessed are to be extended to cover more terrorist offences.

Diane Abbott has suggested acid attacks should be considered a “form of terrorism” after a sharp rise in such incidents. 

The Treasury fined Theresa May’s Home Office after she gave the former head of the child abuse inquiry a salary of £500,000 per year, it has emerged.  

Leading safety bodies are set to meet ministers for talks on the UK’s building and fire regulations in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster, the House of Lords heard today.

Bernard Jenkin finds the Donmar’s new musical a fair and compelling portrayal of his committee’s hearing on the collapse of Kids Company 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) plans to change its indemnity insurance rules to make it easier for firms to switch their regulator, encouraging competition in the market while still offering protection for the public.