There has been a “significant failure” by the Home Office to provide police forces with the support they need to maintain services amid budget cuts, the Public Accounts Committee has warned today.
Proposed in-year cuts to the funding for youth offending teams in England and Wales will undermine early intervention work and are likely lead to higher costs in the future, the government has been...
The Youth Justice Board has launched a consultation on how it can make £13.5m of in-year saving following the announcement of additional cuts to government departments.
Policing minister Mike Penning is consulting on reforms to the funding formula for the 43 police forces in England and Wales, which could see changes introduced from next April.
Candidates standing for election as police and crime commissioners should be asked to sign an “ethical checklist” to demonstrate their personal commitment to high standards, the public...
Lord Laming is to chair an independent review considering why looked-after children are over-represented in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Councils are footing the bill for local child protection initiatives because the police, NHS and schools do not contribute a fair share of funding, the Local Government Association has claimed today.
Auditors have criticised the Home Office for not monitoring closely enough the impact of cuts on the financial sustainability of police forces and have urged it to become better informed about which...
Savings from IT are obvious when the criminal courts and CPS devour 15 times the height of Snowdon in paper every year. But legal processes must be updated too, or the result is ‘mess for less...
The successful development of shared services by South Yorkshire Police and neighbouring forces highlights the virtues of understanding the full impact of budget cuts
CIPFA’s Counter Fraud Centre is to work with BAE Systems to compile its global risk register and develop new ways for public bodies to detect cases of fraud.
Additional powers granted to councils to allow them to crack down on metal thefts have helped cut instances of the crime by almost one-third, the Local Government Association has said.
Government and councils have been urged to consider how expansion of payment-by-results systems to pay for public services can work for vulnerable people with multiple needs.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said the next Conservative government would get Britain ‘back to living within its means’ by running a surplus on day-to-day government spending by 2017/18.
Auditor general Amyas Morse has given a clear audit opinion to the financial statement of the Courts and Tribunals Service for the first time due to significant improvements in its reporting on fines...
The Home Office has made slower progress than expected deporting foreign national offenders despite increased resources, the National Audit Office has found.
The government has been urged to allow local areas to retain all of the value of assets seized from criminals to boost crime prevention initiatives and help tackle anti-social behaviour.
A former policing minister has said plans to further integrate emergency services could eventually lead to force mergers, but insisted these would be determined locally rather than imposed by...
The police watchdog in England and Wales has warned that people are being put at risk due to the differing responses to crimes from forces dependent on where they live.
Delays in bringing in a £60m computer system are causing operational headaches for Scotland’s merged national police force, according to a report by the Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland.
The Home Office’s decision to take the UK Border Agency back in-house has led to improvements, although progress in clearing backlogs is variable, auditors said today.
Public service inspectorates are seeking views on how they can work together to assess what local agencies are doing to help children and young people.
Home Secretary Theresa May has withdrawn government funding from the Police Federation, saying the taxpayer should not provide money to the body when it has reserves worth tens of millions
The Ministry of Justice’s plan to outsource probation services carries ‘significant risks’ because it attempts to do too much at once, the Public Accounts Committee has warned