Police forces have to deal with both more complex offences and growing public expectations. This is leading to greater consideration of how technology can help.
The Treasury has today confirmed that pay increases for public sector workers in the NHS and armed forces will be capped at an average of 1%, but prison service staff are to receive an increase above...
The criminal justice system in England and Wales does not provide value for money as delays and aborted court hearings create extra work and waste scarce resources, according to the National Audit...
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”.
Young offenders should serve their sentences in secure schools rather than prisons, initial findings from former head teacher Charlie Taylor’s review into youth justice suggest.
David Cameron is set to announce plans to counter the “scandalous failure” of Britain’s prisons, including a pilot scheme that will delegate more control to prison governors.
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.
