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6 Jan 21
The Ministry of Justice failed to meet either of its financial management targets outlined in the 2015 Spending Review, according to the National Audit Office.
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17 Jan 20
A Ministry of Justice civil servant has been jailed for a “sophisticated” fraud worth £1.7m.
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24 Jul 19
The UK’s fraud watchdog has won nearly £23m from an outsourcing company over a scandal involving erroneous electronic tagging of offenders.
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7 Jun 19
Is the £10m project to tackle drugs and violence in 10 UK prisons likely to prove worthwhile or is it scratching the surface of the problem? Kim Thomas finds out.
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31 May 19
The rule of law could be seriously under threat unless the government invests in the criminal justice system now, says the FDA union’s Steven Littlewood.
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3 May 19
MPs have slammed the Ministry of Justice’s “unacceptable” risk taking with public funds after rushing through probation service reforms.
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1 Mar 19
The Ministry of Justice’s “botched contracting” of probation services will cost the taxpayer £467m.
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27 Jul 18
Contracts between probation services and private companies are to be cut short just three years after rehabilitation services were outsourced.
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20 Jul 18
The government has “cut corners” in its plans to modernise courts, MPs have said.
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23 May 18
The government has spent at least £239m on 26 inquiries since 2005 but does not monitor their effectiveness, the official public spending watchdog has revealed today.
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1 Aug 17
The Ministry of Justice three times breached Treasury guidelines in errors over prison officers’ pay.
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21 Apr 17
Government plans to raise £300m a year by increasing probate fees have been shelved because of Theresa May’s snap general election, the Ministry of Justice has said.
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26 Feb 16
The government has ended a £23.2m electronic tagging contract for offenders after concluding that the proposed development of bespoke technology would have “significant problems”.
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18 Feb 16
A multi-agency approach and broad geographical reach are vital for digital courtrooms to deliver big savings
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28 May 14
The government is prepared to back the introduction of open-book accounting for public sector outsourcing contracts, a senior figure in the industry has said