The Scottish government will fail to capitalise on early progress to reduce criminal backlogs without additional funding and improvements to the workforce, the national watchdog has said.
With the criminal justice system on its knees, why won’t the government fund services with a proven track record of reducing reoffending, asks Yvonne Thomas of the Clink charity.
Children in care remain at risk of gang exploitation unless the government develops a clear plan to effectively regulate private care providers – a plan missing from its new strategy – an expert has...
Delivering security for a global summit is no easy task. COP26 was one of the largest events ever staged in the UK, attended by 128 world leaders and 40,000 delegates. Ensuring it happened safely was...
Two years on from the EncroChat data drop, the treasure trove of intelligence is reaching local multi-agency teams – and your organisation can benefit financially from prosecutions.
Fraud seems “like an afterthought” in courts and policing when it comes to funding, leaving services unable to deal with the rising scale and complexity of cyber crime, a group of MPs has said.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
