The Bar Council and the Law Society have secured cross party support for amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill to protect the client’s right to legal privilege, in Grand Committee on Monday.

With a 43 force structure that hinders their progress, Steve White, Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, outlines the need for the College of Policing to ensure it has buy-in at all levels to help meet its aims and objectives.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has welcomed a report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which supports the importance of reform to increase competition and improve consumer choice. 

A film illustrating different methods of sheep slaughter has been produced by AHDB Beef & Lamb to address a lack of understanding and dispel myths around the practice.

The PSHE Association today expressed deep concern at the reports from Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools, of “organised resistance” by local groups to PSHE education in schools in Birmingham.

Responding to today’s report on the market for legal services from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Bar Council agrees that wholesale reform of the regulatory framework may increase the cost of regulation and jeopardize valuable expertise.

Commenting on the publication of the Office for Nuclear Regulation’s annual accounts and statement, Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry Association, said: 

Trust is on agenda for key regulators next week in London at a keynote conference looking at professional standards, public confidence and access to services.

Former cabinet minister Maria Miller speaks to PoliticsHome about the need for a vigorous shake up of online abuse laws ahead of a tabled debate.

The National Audit Office has today published its report into the management arrangements of the new contracts between the Home Office and Serco and NHS England’s with G4S.

Response to Police Remuneration Review Body's recommendations for 2016/17 about officer pay and conditions.

Former Crime and Policing Minister David Hanson MP assesses the role of parliamentarians in achieving and sustaining open & secure cyberspace.

Writing for PoliticsHome's Central Lobby, former shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves says automatically providing impartial pensions advice would "drastically cut" the risk of fraudsters targetting pensioners' savings.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has welcomed a report by the Legal Service Board (LSB) as a sign that legal services are moving in the right direction, but that there is still more to do to improve competition and build trust in the sector.

Vice Chair Calum Macleod reflects on a rollercoaster week of activity following the UKs decision to leave the European Union and the unknown landscape ahead for UK policing.

Chairman of the Bar, Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, responds to the LSB report, "Evaluation: Changes in the legal services market 2006/07 – 2014/15".

Prof Alison Harcourt from the University of Exeter writes about the processes which now follow the EU referendum result.

The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) is today launching an important new report entitled "Lessons Learned – Lessons and Evidence Derived from UK CCS Programmes, 2008 – 2015".

Making the right choices now can, and will, reverse this fate, new report says 

Jon Clark, EMEIA Oil & Gas Transactions Leader, comments: 

With the UK voting to leave the European Union overnight the Police Federation of England and Wales will seek to ensure that the rights of its members are protected.

MEPs calls for the Commission to drive energy efficiency by making it a European energy infrastructure priority

The Energy Technologies Institute announces a £300,000 investment to discover how integrating energy networks could reduce costs and support ‘a future low carbon energy system.’

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed Element Energy to lead a new energy infrastructure analysis project as part of its Energy Storage and Distribution programme.