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Labour MP Praises Theresa May For Bringing Modern Slavery To "Centre" Of Political Debate

13 Oct Home affairs

Labour MP Tom Hayes has heaped praise on the “impressive” former Conservative prime minister Theresa May for dragging modern slavery from the “margins” to the centre of the political debate.

07 Oct Home affairs

Keir Starmer Says Middle East Must "Step Back From The Brink" On 7 October Anniversary

26 Sep Home affairs

Government Minister Says New Hillsborough Law Will Help Deliver The "Truth"

16 Sep Home affairs

Modern Slavery Victims Are Missing Out On Housing Support, New Report Finds

13 Sep Home affairs

Government Spent £80m Fighting Legal Challenges Against The Home Office Last Year

12 Sep Home affairs

Michael Gove Says Keir Starmer Could Go "Further" Than Tories Ever Did On Justice Reform

05 Sep Home affairs

Home Office Spends Over Half A Billion Pounds On Temporary Staff In Two Years

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08 Oct Home affairs

The anniversary of the IRA ceasefire must be a moment to remember – not rewrite – a painful history

03 Oct Home affairs

MPs must wake up to the scale of our modern slavery crisis

02 Oct Home affairs

The future of the Conservative Party depends on embracing moderation

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Voters Have Not Given Up With Labour Despite Its Poor Start, New Poll Suggests

12 Oct Political parties

Green Party Spend £1m on Legal Fees In Four Years As Gender Rows Continue

14 Oct Political parties

100 days after the election, the true winner has emerged: partisan motivated reasoning

12 Oct Political parties

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27 Sep Communities

Jonathan Ashworth: 'Nobody likes losing an election. It's a kick in the knackers'

A key figure in Gordon Brown’s No 10, and a shadow cabinet minister under Keir Starmer’s Labour opposition, Jonathan Ashworth tells Tali Fraser about his plans as chief executive of influential think tank Labour Together.

08 Aug Communities

Middlesbrough MP Says "Rampant Inequality" Opened The Way For Violent Riots

The Labour MP for Middlesbrough has said that a legacy of “rampant inequality” opened the way for “terrible behaviours and abuse” to take hold in Teesside.

17 Jul Environment

Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.

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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.

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30 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law Society responds to Treasury announcement on legal regulation and competition

The legal profession must be free to set the standards and rules under which it operates, says theChief executive of The Law Society, Catherine Dixon.

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30 Nov 2015 Home affairs

SRA helps small firms stay ahead of the game

As part of its regular review of risks for the legal sector, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today (30 November) issued advice to help small law firms stay one step ahead of the issues they face.

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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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