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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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1 Sep 20
CIPFA’s police adviser Alison Dewhirst outlines the effect the pandemic has had on policing, and argues that forces need proper funding following the upcoming Spending Review.
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28 Aug 20
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman introduces a report into the criminal justice system during Covid-19.
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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.