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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote

03 Jul Foreign affairs

Labour MPs have urged the government to remove the party whip from nine MPs who voted against proscribing Palestine Action.

10 Jul Foreign affairs

UK And France Announce 'One In, One Out' Illegal Migration Returns Deal

09 Jul Home affairs

Labour Peer Says His Immigration Bill Amendment Would Give Refugee Children "A Decent Life"

03 Jul Home affairs

MPs Asked For Views On Islamophobia Definition

28 Jun Communities

Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review "Isn't Going To Go Far Enough" For Policing

26 Jun Home affairs

The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst

23 Jun Foreign affairs

Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law

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Local Council Reorganisation: A Genuine Opportunity – If We Get the Details Right

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11 Jul Home affairs

Local Council Reorganisation: A Genuine Opportunity – If We Get the Details Right

01 Jul Home affairs

FIRS will protect the UK against foreign manipulation

Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures

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01 Jul Home affairs

Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures

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One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?

06 Jul Political parties

Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge

08 Jul Political parties

Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary

10 Jul Communities

More Than Half Of Public Think A Reform Government Would Be A Big Risk To The UK

07 Jul Political parties

London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms

07 Jul Communities

Recipes for disaster: David Cameron’s almond milk porridge

07 Jul Political parties

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02 Mar Home affairs

Baroness Bertin's porn review: 'This isn't me driving a tank onto the lawn of censorship'

Will the government clamp down on legal but harmful online pornography? Sienna Rodgers talks to Conservative peer Baroness Bertin about her new review, which comes with a warning for ministers

29 Jan Home affairs

HM chief inspector of prisons: 'If someone were to get a gun into a prison, all bets are off'

Speaking to Sienna Rodgers, HM chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor details the many failures he has seen across the prison estate, including the ‘existential risk’ presented by phones, drugs and weapons entering via drones

28 Jan Communities

Inside the problems plaguing the prison estate

Unable to innovate or even buy basic materials, and struggling to keep staff while operating antiquated systems, prison governors are trapped in a failing system, reports Tali Fraser

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27 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Using a hand-mobile phone while driving costs lives says RHA

The Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) welcomes the Department of Transport consultation proposing increased fixed noticed fines and penalty points for the drivers of heavy goods vehicles and other motorists caught using a hand-held mobile phone while driving.

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25 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Alzheimer’s Society responds to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Report on Charity Fundraising

In a report out today (Monday 25th January), the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) says it is the failure of Trustees to fulfil their responsibilities which lies behind the causes of last summers charity fundraising scandals, and warns that the Etherington proposals represent the last chance for self-regulation of charity fundraising.

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21 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Soaring crime rates show robust police force 'more vital than ever'

Rising violent crime rates, murders, sex, firearm and knife offences released in shocking new figures out today show that the risk to public safety is greater than ever.

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21 Jan 2016 Home affairs

College response to new crime figures

College lead for crime and criminal justice said the nature of crime is changing.

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15 Jan 2016 Home affairs

SRA welcomes CMA study into legal services

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has welcomed the announcement by the Competition and Markets Authority that the CMA will launch a market study into legal services.

SRA begins review of legal support for asylum seekers

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14 Jan 2016 Home affairs

SRA begins review of legal support for asylum seekers

The SRA has unveiled a programme of work to better understand how the legal service market serves asylum seekers.

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13 Jan 2016 Home affairs

SRA welcomes CMA study into legal services

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has welcomed the announcement by the Competition and Markets Authority that the CMA will launch a market study into legal services.

Law Commission: Fitness-to-plead rules ‘out of date’

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13 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Law Commission: Fitness-to-plead rules ‘out of date’

New tests should be implemented to determine whether a defendant facing criminal charges is mentally fit to stand trial, according to the Law Commission.

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12 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Law Commission calls for a modern approach to unfitness to plead

A new test is needed to establish who is unfit to plead according to the Law Commission.

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07 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Police and Fire Services 'different', says Police Federation - we must not change status quo just to cut costs

PFEW Chair urges caution over 'radical transformation' of how police, fire and rescue services would co-operate, following Home Office announcement that it is taking control of fire and rescue policy in England.

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04 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Research projects to inform the work of the SRA

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has set out its research programme for 2016, and has put protecting the public interest at its heart.

24 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Gerald Howarth MP: Britain’s Christian heritage ‘under threat’

The Prime Minister describing Britain as a Christian country is to be welcomed, says Conservative MP Gerald Howarth, but a “divisive clash” is being created between Christian and new-found ‘British’ values.

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21 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Law Society response to government announcement on court fee increases

Law Societywelcome the decision to keep the maximum fee cap in money claims at 10,000

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17 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Limited increase of police force budgets dependent on increase of council precept

Police Federation responds to Police Grant Report 2016/17

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16 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Outdated marriage law in need of reform

The law that governs how and where couples in England and Wales can marry is badly in need of reform, according to the Law Commission.

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16 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Crime still doesn't pay for many at the Bar

Chairman of the Bar, Alistair MacDonald QC has responded to a report published today by the Ministry of Justiceon the fees paid to junior barristers for Crown Court defence legal aid work under the Advocates Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS).

16 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Toughen up the law on corporate crime

Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne North and Shadow Attorney General, Catherine McKinnell, calls on the Government to strengthen the law on corporate liability in the wake of the phone hacking scandal

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15 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Clearing up the law on firearms

In a report published today, the Law Commission makes a number of recommendations to solve pressing problems that undermine the effectiveness of the law governing the acquisition and possession of firearms.

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15 Dec 2015 Home affairs

PFEW responds to HMIC report on domestic abuse

More training and support is needed to ensure that officers can deal with domestic abuse cases in the most appropriate and sensitive ways, says the Police Federation of England and Wales.

Regulator launches plans for standardised solicitors test

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15 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Regulator launches plans for standardised solicitors test

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s Director of Education and Training, Julia Brannan, tells PoliticsHome why the absence of a common bar for solicitors in the UK is harming the industry.

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14 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Thousands have their say on solicitors' standards

More than 4,000 people have already had their say in a national campaign looking at what should happen when solicitors fall short of expected standards.

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13 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Direct Entry at inspector rank to be introduced

The College of Policing today announced plans to launch a new programme for Direct Entry at inspector rank.

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11 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Proposals to widen access to the legal profession could have the opposite effect, warns Law Society

Social mobility and the global competitiveness of UK law could be damaged bythe removal ofcurrentapproved routes to qualifying as a solicitor, the Law Society warned today.

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08 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Officers need more training to help tackle honour-based violence, Police Federation of England and Wales

Police Federation's response to HMIC report, 'The depths of dishonour: Hidden voices and shameful crimes.

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