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Ministers Poised To Demand Inquiry Recommendations Are Enforced

20 Mar Communities

The government is considering introducing a new oversight body to ensure the recommendations of public inquiries are implemented, PoliticsHome understands.

20 Mar Communities

Visa Uncertainty Putting Ukrainian Refugees At Risk Of Homelessness And Unemployment

11 Mar Home affairs

Labour MP "Scared" About Rising Knife Crime After Her Nephew Was Stabbed

04 Mar Defence

Give Asylum Seekers Right To Work to Reduce Spend on Migrant Hotels, Lib Dem MP Says

28 Feb Defence

Foreign Aid Should Not Be Spent On Migrant Hotels, Says Labour MP

24 Feb Home affairs

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury Jailed For Ten Weeks

16 Feb Education

Liberal Democrat MP Calls For More Police Officers In London Schools

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18 Mar Home affairs

Magistrates are essential to an efficient family justice system

A new strategy for tackling violence against women – where do we start?

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11 Mar Communities

A new strategy for tackling violence against women – where do we start?

02 Mar Home affairs

Baroness Bertin's porn review: 'This isn't me driving a tank onto the lawn of censorship'

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The Kafkaesque investigation into our university looks like political scapegoating

26 Mar Education

Abolishing NHS England Will Not Work, Says Former Health Secretary Behind Its Creation

22 Mar Health

Labour austerity will cost us dearly at the ballot box

21 Mar Health

Visa Uncertainty Putting Ukrainian Refugees At Risk Of Homelessness And Unemployment

20 Mar Communities

'Brave and compelling television': Ben Bradley reviews 'Adolescence'

20 Mar Books & culture

Ben Houchen: "I Don’t Have A Bad Word To Say About How No 10 Have Engaged With Me”

24 Mar Economy

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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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04 Aug 2015 Home affairs

High Court ruling on affordable housing will heighten housing crisis, says FMB

A High Court decision to strike down exemptions from affordable housing contributions for small developments will heighten the housing crisis, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

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29 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Code for recruitment of trainee solicitors is updated to reflect modern practices

The voluntary code of recruitment of trainee solicitors (the Code) has been updated to reflect modern practices.

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29 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Two year anniversary of introduction of employment tribunal fees shows scheme has undermined access to justice

Employment tribunal cases have fallen by over 60 per cent in the two years since substantial charges were introduced for people wishing to bring a case against an employer, Ministry of Justice statistics reveal.

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29 Jul 2015 Home affairs

RHA reiterates its call for deployment of the military at the Port of Calais

As the Home Secretary prepares to chair a Cobra meeting on the Calais crisis, RHA Chief Executive Richard Burnett has reiterated the Associations call for the French military to be deployed to secure the Port of Calais.

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28 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Code of good practice in recruitment of trainee solicitors: Law Society replaces SRA as signatory

The Law Society has replaced the Solicitors Regulation Authority as a signatory to the Voluntary Code of Practice for the Recruitment of Trainee Solicitors.

Law Commission Chairman hails 50 years of law reform

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27 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Law Commission Chairman hails 50 years of law reform

Chairman of the Law Commission Lord Justice Lloyd Jones describes the organisation’s achievements over the past half century and picks out highlights from his time at the helm.

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23 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Increases in court fees will impact access to justice

Significant and wide ranging increases in court fees announced by the government yesterday amount to a further assault on access to justice for individuals and small businesses.

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22 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Supreme Court ruling 'will save millions'

A landmark ruling on conditional fee arrangements (CFAs) handed down by the Supreme Court today will stop funding arrangements potentially amounting to millions of pounds being re-opened in relation to civil court cases that started before April 2013.

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22 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Coventry v Lawrence: Supreme Court lifts uncertainty over CFA cases

The Bar Council welcomes todays Supreme Court judgment which means that the original cost agreements in ongoing cases, entered in to by lawyers and their clients under pre Jackson CFA or ATE arrangements, will be upheld.

Firearms – making the law more balanced and more effective

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21 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Firearms – making the law more balanced and more effective

Today the Law Commission publishes a scoping consultation paper thatidentifies themost pressing problems with firearms law.

Law Commission celebrates half a century of legal reform

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21 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Law Commission celebrates half a century of legal reform

A parliamentary reception was held to celebrate the anniversary, where parliamentarians commended the Law Commissions achievements over 50 years.

20 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Right to vote at risk

Islington South and Finsbury MP Emily Thornberry warns that the Government is playing “fast and loose” with the future of electoral registration

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17 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Unlawful surveillance laws - Bar Council statement

Chairman of the Bar, Alistair MacDonald QC has responded to todays High Court declaration that the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA) 2014 is unlawful.

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17 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Law Society welcomes ruling that ‘communications with lawyers do need special consideration’

The High Court today ruled that surveillance legislation mandating the mass retention of communications data is illegal.

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16 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Global reputation of UK law 'under threat' if qualification is watered down, says Law Society’s Global Competitiveness report

The Law Society has warned that proposals being developed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to change the way solicitors qualify could damage the global competitiveness of UK law.

16 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Mark Spencer MP: Premeditated animal cruelty - making the sentence fit the crime

Ahead of today's debate on the matter, Mark Spencer MP says it’s time to put an end to the problem of lenient sentencing for animal cruelty.

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13 Jul 2015 Home affairs

One in six police officers ‘planning to leave’ within two years

Nearly 16 per cent of police officers are planning on leaving the service within the next two years, a wide-ranging survey has found.

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10 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Legal aid cuts are leaving women and children in danger

A dearth of legal support and a tangle of red tape are leaving refugees in the UK separated from their families, who are left stranded in dangerous conditions overseas.

07 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Norman Lamb MP: Defeating radicalisation and extremism - a battle we must win

Former Minister and Lib Dem leadership candidate Norman Lamb reflects on the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 London attacks about the challenges we face and how best to combat extremism.

Providing protective care to people unable to consent to treatment

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07 Jul 2015 Health

Providing protective care to people unable to consent to treatment

In a consultation opening today the Law Commission considers the existing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).

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02 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Law Society launches guidance to help solicitors meet the needs of vulnerable clients

The Law Society has published guidance for solicitors to help them meet the needs of vulnerable clients.

02 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Lord Wallace: Tory pledge on Human Rights Act 'could plunge this country into a legal and constitutional crisis'

Former Deputy First Minister of Scotland Lord Wallace of Tankerness writes ahead of his Lords debate today on Human rights and civil liberties in the UK.

CFOA 'concerned' over plans to place all fire and rescue services under Police Commissioners

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30 Jun 2015 Home affairs

CFOA 'concerned' over plans to place all fire and rescue services under Police Commissioners

The Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) has responded to a recent speech made by the Home Secretary, for proposals to enable closer working between fire and other emergency services.

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29 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council comments on new legal aid statistics

The Legal Aid Statistics in England and WalesJanuary to March 2015 from the Ministry of Justice show that in the two years following the enactment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), the number of new matter starts has fallen year-on-year, says the Bar Council

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