Theresa May has indicated that the government will expand the powers of police and crime commissioners following this year’s elections and could be given powers to set up free schools.
Ministers have announced that police and crime commissioners will be able to take over responsibility for local fire and rescue services as part of a drive to integrate blue light emergency services.
City mayors should be given control of some areas of criminal justice spending in order to allow local authorities to develop new approaches to cut offending, the Institute for Public Policy Research...
Four public sector watchdogs have confirmed that they will undertake joint inspections of services for vulnerable children this year in order to better assess provision in local areas.
Responsibility for fire and rescue services has been shifted from the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Home Office in order to further support collaboration with the police.
The electronic system intended to improve the management of the UK’s borders has not delivered value for money following spending of more than £830m over 12 years, the auditor general has concluded.
Tax credit cuts have been scrapped and the police budget protected, George Osborne has announced in four-year spending plans that will slash Whitehall spending by an average of 19%, less than had...
Police forces in England and Wales are increasingly reliant on locally raised funding as central government grants have been cut back, an Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis has revealed.
Children susceptible to involvement in gangs and violence can be spotted as young as seven and public services should focus on tackling risk factors, research from the Early Intervention Foundation...
Abolishing prison sentences of 12 months or less could deliver significant savings to the public purse as well as improve the quality of justice in Scotland, a leading penal reform campaigner...
Nine new prisons are to be built under a shake up of the criminal justice estate that will see Victorian city centre prisons sold off for housing development.
A leading police and crime commissioner has hit out at the Home Office efforts to change the police funding formula, saying the process is “flawed” and happening too fast.
Policing minister Mike Penning has announced a series of changes to the Police Innovation Fund that are intended to lead to greater reform in the sector.
The performance of the police service in England and Wales has worsened in the last year, according to the Inspectorate of Constabulary. Fewer forces are judged to be “good” and, for the...
Parents who persistently allow their children to miss school will have their Child Benefit docked if they fail to pay fines, the prime minister has announced.
Plans to cut funding to youth offending teams by £9m before April will throw agreed local plans to tackle crime into jeopardy and could result in an increase in the number of people in custody...