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13 Feb 20
While the government’s ‘unprecedented’ investment in policing poses a recruitment challenge, it also represents an opportunity for police forces to rethink their approach to crime...
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24 Jan 20
Nearly three-quarters of people in England and Wales think arresting people for sleeping rough is a waste of police time, a survey has found.
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23 Jan 20
The Home Office has unveiled a £1.1bn funding package for policing in 2020-21 but has been criticised for “unsustainable, short-term thinking”.
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20 Jan 20
A taskforce has been set up to tackle “waste crime” such as dumping hazardous materials on private land and false labelling so waste can be exported.
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6 Jan 20
The government has confirmed a one-year extension of its Troubled Families programme with a £165m funding package for 2020-21.
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13 Dec 19
Policing must not be failed this time as it has been in the past, writes the chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales John Apter.
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6 Dec 19
Local authorities’ biggest source of income also represents the largest area of identified fraud but recent initiatives are changing this, writes CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
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28 Nov 19
Whichever party wins the election, they will have to make trade-offs in order to maintain public service standards, writes the Institute for Government’s Graham Atkins.
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15 Nov 19
The “unacceptable” level of housing benefit fraud and error in Northern Ireland has been slammed by the comptroller and auditor general of the NI Audit Office.
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12 Nov 19
Public confidence in the justice system risks being undermined by slippage in the government’s ambitious programme of court reforms, MPs have warned.
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12 Nov 19
The recent economic crime strategy from NHS England, based on the maxim that prevention is better than cure, offers a strong example for the rest of the public sector, says CIPFA’s Laura...
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8 Nov 19
Predicted government spending worth nearly £200bn by the mid 2020s will be just enough to meet demand but will not be sufficient to improve and expand key public services, a major report has found.
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1 Nov 19
The prison system in England and Wales is “enduring a crisis of safety and decency”, as violence increases and self-harm has soared to record highs, a scathing justice committee report has found.
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25 Oct 19
The prevention and investigation of cyber-related crime is undermined by inconsistencies in local policing, a new report has warned.
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18 Oct 19
The number of Universal Credit fraud cases more than doubled in three months, the Department for Work and Pensions permanent secretary Peter Schofield has revealed to a group of...
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18 Oct 19
Council referrals of potential child victims of modern slavery have exploded by more than 800% in the last five years, analysis has shown.
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15 Oct 19
The government may be talking tough on criminal justice but the government’s current plans do not address how to improve standards in prisons and will leave a hole in their budgets, writes the IfG’s...
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8 Oct 19
Young people are not being helped to reintegrate into society after being released from young offender institutions, a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HM Inspectorate of Probation has found...
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3 Oct 19
The UK has made some serious inroads into reducing economic crime. A new public-private partnership is the next stage in the process, writes QC Michael Ellis.
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30 Sep 19
The government will produce a white paper on further devolution in England, the chancellor has announced in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today.
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27 Sep 19
The criminal justice system is at “breaking point” as the number of court trials has hit record lows, campaigners have said.
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18 Sep 19
Fraud costs NHS England an estimated £1.25bn a year, the service has revealed in a strategy document.
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13 Sep 19
False single person discount claims for council tax are the third most prevalent kind of fraud carried out by adults in the UK, according to research.
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13 Sep 19
The government’s court reforms are behind schedule and the value of the project is dwindling, the National Audit Office has found.
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12 Sep 19
Government departments have ploughed nearly £100m into “overly secretive” Brexit consultant contracts since the 2016 referendum, MPs have said.
13 Feb 20While the government’s ‘unprecedented’ investment in policing poses a recruitment challenge, it also represents an opportunity for police forces to rethink their approach to crime...
24 Jan 20Nearly three-quarters of people in England and Wales think arresting people for sleeping rough is a waste of police time, a survey has found.
23 Jan 20The Home Office has unveiled a £1.1bn funding package for policing in 2020-21 but has been criticised for “unsustainable, short-term thinking”.
20 Jan 20A taskforce has been set up to tackle “waste crime” such as dumping hazardous materials on private land and false labelling so waste can be exported.
6 Jan 20The government has confirmed a one-year extension of its Troubled Families programme with a £165m funding package for 2020-21.
6 Dec 19Local authorities’ biggest source of income also represents the largest area of identified fraud but recent initiatives are changing this, writes CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
28 Nov 19Whichever party wins the election, they will have to make trade-offs in order to maintain public service standards, writes the Institute for Government’s Graham Atkins.
15 Nov 19The “unacceptable” level of housing benefit fraud and error in Northern Ireland has been slammed by the comptroller and auditor general of the NI Audit Office.
12 Nov 19Public confidence in the justice system risks being undermined by slippage in the government’s ambitious programme of court reforms, MPs have warned.
12 Nov 19The recent economic crime strategy from NHS England, based on the maxim that prevention is better than cure, offers a strong example for the rest of the public sector, says CIPFA’s Laura...
8 Nov 19Predicted government spending worth nearly £200bn by the mid 2020s will be just enough to meet demand but will not be sufficient to improve and expand key public services, a major report has found.
1 Nov 19The prison system in England and Wales is “enduring a crisis of safety and decency”, as violence increases and self-harm has soared to record highs, a scathing justice committee report has found.
25 Oct 19The prevention and investigation of cyber-related crime is undermined by inconsistencies in local policing, a new report has warned.
18 Oct 19The number of Universal Credit fraud cases more than doubled in three months, the Department for Work and Pensions permanent secretary Peter Schofield has revealed to a group of...
18 Oct 19Council referrals of potential child victims of modern slavery have exploded by more than 800% in the last five years, analysis has shown.
15 Oct 19The government may be talking tough on criminal justice but the government’s current plans do not address how to improve standards in prisons and will leave a hole in their budgets, writes the IfG’s...
8 Oct 19Young people are not being helped to reintegrate into society after being released from young offender institutions, a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HM Inspectorate of Probation has found...
3 Oct 19The UK has made some serious inroads into reducing economic crime. A new public-private partnership is the next stage in the process, writes QC Michael Ellis.
30 Sep 19The government will produce a white paper on further devolution in England, the chancellor has announced in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today.
27 Sep 19The criminal justice system is at “breaking point” as the number of court trials has hit record lows, campaigners have said.
18 Sep 19Fraud costs NHS England an estimated £1.25bn a year, the service has revealed in a strategy document.
12 Sep 19Government departments have ploughed nearly £100m into “overly secretive” Brexit consultant contracts since the 2016 referendum, MPs have said.
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