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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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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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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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08 Jun 2015 Health

Mind responds to new figures on incarceration of the mentally ill

Paul Farmer, chief executive of the mental health charity Mind, said:

Detention of mentally ill in cells down by a third

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08 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Detention of mentally ill in cells down by a third

Police are detaining fewer people in cells who display mental illness, according to figures from forces in England and Wales.

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04 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Protect legal professional privilege from surveillance laws

The Bar Council argues that the principle of legal professional privilege should be protected and retained

Law Commission urges Government to ditch 200 obsolete laws

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03 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Law Commission urges Government to ditch 200 obsolete laws

Legislation passed in 1979 that allows referendums for a Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly should be repealed as it is not longer needed, according to British Law Commissions.

Law Society raises concerns over Queen’s Speech

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28 May 2015 Home affairs

Law Society raises concerns over Queen’s Speech

The effect of the Government’s proposals for the coming parliamentary session on the UK justice system have raised some concerns for the Law Society.

Ideal Queen's Speech: Bar Council calls for legal aid to be top of the agenda

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26 May 2015 Home affairs

Ideal Queen's Speech: Bar Council calls for legal aid to be top of the agenda

Ahead of the Queen’s speech next week the Bar Council urges the Government to improve legal aid provision in the UK.

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22 May 2015 Home affairs

Affordable access to legal help

Recent changes in legal aid, increases in court and tribunal fees and the limitations of no win, no fee arrangements are making it harder for people to get access to justice and legal help.

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20 May 2015 Home affairs

Neighbourhood policing is an ‘endangered species’ warns Federation chair

Neighbourhood policing is just one of a number of endangered species in the new policing landscape, the chair of the Police Federation has warned.

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20 May 2015 Home affairs

Government ‘must listen to policing professionals’

The Police Federation has responded to criticisms aired by Home Secretary Theresa May in her keynote speech to the organisations annual conference in Bournemouth today, detailed below.

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19 May 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council welcomes new Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove MP

Chairman of the Bar, Alistair MacDonald QC, welcomes the new Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove MP, at a swearing in ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice today

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19 May 2015 Home affairs

Law Society vice president Jonathan Smithers welcomes new Lord Chancellor at Royal Courts of Justice ceremony

Law Society vice president Jonathan Smithers welcomed the new Lord Chancellor as he was sworn in at the Royal Courts of Justice this afternoon

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06 May 2015 Home affairs

Thousands of lawyers set to march in London for justice

More than 100 judges to pound the streets.

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01 May 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council response to Belhaj tribunal decision on LPP

Please see below the Bar Councils response to the UKs Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) judgement in the Belhaj case.

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15 Apr 2015 Home affairs

Third time lucky - Bar Council response to Liberal Democrat manifesto

The Bar Council has issued its response to the Liberal Democrat's manifesto, published today.

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14 Apr 2015 Home affairs

Conservative Party manifesto: Bar Council response

The Bar Council has issued its response to the Conservative Party publishing its general election manifesto today.

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13 Apr 2015 Home affairs

Labour Party manifesto: Bar Council response

Party politics has today shown it under-rates justice as an election issue, just as we foresaw in our own 'A Manifesto for Justice'.

Doing the Right thing: Top lawyer warns against abandoning the Human Rights Act

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13 Apr 2015 Home affairs

Doing the Right thing: Top lawyer warns against abandoning the Human Rights Act

Abandoning the Human Rights Act would leave UK citizens vulnerable and disempowered, according to a leading human rights lawyer.

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10 Apr 2015 Home affairs

'Wanton destruction' of police jobs must end

Policing is on its knees and cannot take any more cuts, the chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales has warned.

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09 Apr 2015 Home affairs

Providing clarity for professionals on Deprivation of Liberty

The Law Society has published a practical guide on the law on deprivation of liberty for lawyers and health and social care professionals.

It's a safe bet: protecting betting shop customers from crime

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08 Apr 2015 Culture

It's a safe bet: protecting betting shop customers from crime

The Association of British Bookmakers outlines the measures it has taken to ensure the safety and security of betting shop customers and sets out its plans for further reductions in crime.

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07 Apr 2015 Home affairs

Law firms report strong year, according to survey

The Law Management Sections 2014 Financial Benchmarking Survey has just been published. Sponsored by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, and compiled by Hazlewoods LLP, the results are unanimously positive and point to firms having a strong year.

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31 Mar 2015 Home affairs

Candidates find the manifesto they have been looking for

Candidates vying for election on May 7 have given legal professional bodies and legal aid charities a boost, heaping praise on their manifesto which calls for politicians to focus more on justice.

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27 Mar 2015 Home affairs

Government policies ‘have failed the public’

Official figures showing nearly one in five members of the public fear they are likely to become a victim of crime but report seeing fewer and fewer officers around show the governments police policies have failed, the Police Federation has warned.

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26 Mar 2015 Home affairs

The missing vote winner – A Manifesto for Justice

As the general election draws near, politicians are missing out on a key vote winner: justice.

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