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

28 Jun Communities

Labour’s chief police and crime commissioner Emily Spurrell tells Sienna Rodgers the money allocated to policing ‘isn’t going to go far enough’ and warns against slashing back-office staff

26 Jun Home affairs

The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst

23 Jun Foreign affairs

Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law

22 Jun Communities

Immigration Policies Could Produce Another Windrush Generation, Labour MP Warns

20 Jun Economy

Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump

16 Jun Home affairs

Home Secretary Announces Law Changes In Response To "Damning" Grooming Gangs Report

22 May Home affairs

Is The Port of London Authority Seeking Unchecked Powers?

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13 Jun Home affairs

Where was commitment to the Met in the Spending Review?

10 Jun Economy

As Trump attacks science funding, let’s declare Britain open for talent

05 Jun Economy

Forget the single net target – the government should adopt an annual migration plan

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Former Foreign Secretary Says UK Public Needs A “Philosophical Reset” On Defence

29 Jun Defence

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Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025

07 Jul Energy

How No 10 Sleepwalked Into A Welfare Crisis

27 Jun Political parties

I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015

29 Jun Health

Recipes for disaster: Gordon Brown’s sushi

26 Jun Political parties

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Starmer: One Year On

03 Jul

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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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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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07 Dec 2015 Home affairs

SRA proposes a Solicitors Qualifying Examination for all new solicitors

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is proposing a shake-up in the way solicitors qualify, with a consultation on a new standardised system for assessing trainees.

Misconduct in public office law is ‘flawed’ and must be replaced, says former attorney general

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05 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Misconduct in public office law is ‘flawed’ and must be replaced, says former attorney general

Misconduct in public office is a common law offence, but the existing rules have come under fire from the legal profession, prompting calls for their revision.

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03 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Law Society statement on scrapping of criminal courts charge

Law Society president Jonathan Smithers said:

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03 Dec 2015 Home affairs

SRA's latest Business Plan continues good work

The SRA has today published its latest Business Plan, setting out how it will build upon the progress made in the last 12 months.

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02 Dec 2015 Home affairs

SRA backs call for independent legal regulators

The SRA Board has today welcomed the Government proposals to make legal service regulators independent from their representative bodies.