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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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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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30 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law Society will strongly oppose measures to restrict use of in-house advocates

Clients should be able to choose which lawyer they want to represent them in court, the Law Society said today.

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27 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council urges outright ban to all inducements beyond ‘kickbacks’

MoJ advocacy panel must be truly independent The Bar Council has urged all inducements, not just referral fees, between advocates and litigators be out-lawed in its response to the Ministry of Justices consultation Preserving and Enhancing the Quality of Criminal Advocacy.

New guidelines for solicitors provide more protection for public

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27 Nov 2015 Home affairs

New guidelines for solicitors provide more protection for public

Yesterday, a new set of guidelines setting out the principles solicitors should follow was released by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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26 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law Society slams personal injury claims limit rise

The Law Society has criticised a government plan to raise the small claims limit for personal injury claims to 5,000 and stop compensation payments for road traffic minor soft tissue injuries.

Autumn Statement's proposed MoJ budget cuts are a 'big concern' - Bar Council

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25 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Autumn Statement's proposed MoJ budget cuts are a 'big concern' - Bar Council

Chairman of the Bar Council, Alistair MacDonald QC, responds to the Autumn Statement saying the proposed overall resource savings of 15% and a 50% cut in the department’s administrative budget must not leave people without access to justice.

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25 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Police Federation response to comprehensive spending review

Please find below the Police Federation's response to this afternoon's comprehensive spending review.

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25 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Autumn Statement 2015: How do we make sure access to justice is not restricted even further?

Ahead of the Autumn Statement and Spending Review,Chairman of the Bar Alistair MacDonald QCwarns against further cuts to the justice system.

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23 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Guidance for solicitors on working with transgender employees published in Transgender Awareness Week

The Law Society today publishes guidance for solicitors on good practice in working with transgender employees.

18 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Prisoner rehabilitation suffering due to understaffing

Writing for PoliticsHome after her visit to Aylesbury prison, shadow prisons minister Jenny Chapman reports on the overstretched prison officers struggling to provide rehabilitation to inmates.

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17 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Police would need 'significant firearms investment' to cope with Paris-style attacks

The specialist firearms capacity in police officers across England and Wales must be enhanced to deal effectively with Paris-style attacks, the Police Federation has warned.

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17 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Criminal court charges create 'perverse incentives' for the innocent to plead guilty - Bar Council

Ahead of today's commons debateBar Council chairman,AlistairMacDonaldQC, warns that the criminal courts charge 'is not in the interest of justice' and points to a lack of evidence as to whether the Government is on track to raise265million it proposed to bring by 2020.

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17 Nov 2015 Education

New taskforce set up to look at violence, harassment and hate crime affecting university students

A taskforce set up to look at violence, harassment and hate crime held its first meeting today.

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17 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law firms take SRA's A Question of Trust campaign into office

The SRA's interactive 'A Question of Trust' campaign has caught the attention of law firms, with a number asking the regulator for help to explore the issues with their staff

17 Nov 2015 Home affairs

“Intolerable” criminal courts charge is an affront to a fair trial

Labour MP, Tulip Siddiq, calls for the Government to reconsider the intolerable “travesty of a policy” that is the criminal courts charge.

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13 Nov 2015 Home affairs

The Law Society calls for independent review into legal aid duty contract procurement process in light of widespread litigation

The Law Society is calling for an independent review of the legal aid duty contract procurement process following the widespread litigation brought by criminal legal aid practitioners who are gravely concerned that the evaluation process used by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) was flawed.

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10 Nov 2015 Environment

A modern legal framework for protecting and managing wildlife

In a report published on Tuesday 10 November the Law Commission recommends reforms to modernise and simplify the law regulating wildlife and create a flexible legal framework for the future.

Global businesses will spend more on cybersecurity - EY survey

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10 Nov 2015 Economy

Global businesses will spend more on cybersecurity - EY survey

More than half of UK organisations plan to increase their cybersecurity budgets over coming 12 months, EY survey finds

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05 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Financial sustainability of fire and rescue services

Funding for fire and rescue authorities has fallen significantly between 2010-11 and 2015-16. The sector has, so far, coped well with financial changes, according to two complementary reports today from the National Audit Office: Financial sustainability of fire and rescue services, and Impact of funding reductions on fire and rescue services.

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04 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council warns over “double lock” safeguards in Draft Investigatory Powers Bill

Responding to todays publications of the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, Alistair MacDonald QC, Chairman of the Bar, said:

03 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Going soft on white collar crime?

Labour's Shadow Attorney General Catherine McKinnell MP writes in response to the Westminster Hall debate today on 'Prosecuting corporate economic crime'.

03 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Keep corporate liability under the spotlight

Conservative MP Byron Davies is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption and a former Police Detective. He is calling on Government to keep the spotlight on corporate and economic crime.

Law Commission calls for reform of ‘archaic’ violence laws

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03 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law Commission calls for reform of ‘archaic’ violence laws

New rules are needed to tackle violent offences and make better use of court time, according to a new report by the Law Commission.

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02 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Offences against the person – modernising the law on violence

New rules are needed to tackle violent offences and make better use of court time, according to the Law Commission.

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02 Nov 2015 Home affairs

SRA's regulatory approach will aid pro bono

The Solicitors Regulation Authority's programme of regulatory reform will aid pro bono work in the legal sector, the head of the SRA has said.

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