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Home Secretary Theresa May has withdrawn government funding from the Police Federation, saying the taxpayer should not provide money to the body when it has reserves worth tens of millions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
MPs have today called for the scrutiny of police and crime commissioners to be reformed after warning that some had fallen well short of public expectations since being elected.
More than one in five police community support officer jobs in England have been cut since the coalition government came to power in 2010, a study of police numbers by Unison has revealed.
Early intervention to tackle social problems is more vital than ever in a climate of local authority cutbacks. Payment-by-results Social Investment Bonds are potentially an important way to kick-...
Outsourcing by government departments risks creating ‘a shadow state’ where public spending is not transparent, and reforms are needed to increase accountability, the Public Accounts Committee has...
Cuts of 20% to police funding were among the deepest austerity measures and the election of PCCs was highly controversial. So why are the reforms hailed as a success?
Vic Emery, the chair of Scotland’s controversial national police authority, laid claim to a successful first year in operation, but admitted that there was still further to travel
Greater collaboration between the three emergency services is being hampered by the lack of clear direction from Whitehall, CIPFA’s police conference was told.
Big Lottery Fund grants totalling £112m are to be distributed to charities across England as part of a scheme to better co-ordinate services for people leading chaotic lives.
The Ministry of Justice has begun formal contract talks with potential private and third sector providers of rehabilitation services as it prepares to introduce payment-by-result contracts to cut...
A committee of MPs has accused the Home Office of being ‘irresponsible’ for paying out more than £6.5m in staff bonuses in 2012/13 despite pressure to cut budgets across Whitehall.
More than one in seven police and crime commissioners share a chief financial officer with their force, risking potential conflicts of interests, according to the National Audit Office
Electronic monitoring contracts currently held by G4S and Serco are to be given to Capita by the end of the financial year, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced today.
The Border Force has weakened security at UK borders by focusing on passenger checks and neglecting examination of freight for illicit goods or vehicles for concealed illegal migrants, MPs have...
A Labour government would implement the majority of the recommendations in today’s report from the Independent Police Commission, Ed Miliband confirmed today
