MPs have called for the Independent Police Complaints Commission to be reformed after finding the ‘woefully under-equipped’ watchdog does not have the trust of the public.
The merger of Scotland’s eight regional police forces into a single national body could cost the taxpayer more than £60m in redundancy deals for civilian staff.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has stepped in to end an embarrassing turf war between the two top figures in Scotland’s planned new national police force.
A compromise deal is expected later today to bring an end to an embarrassing turf war between the two top figures in Scotland’s planned new national police force.
Six ‘old and expensive’ publicly run prisons will close and three others will have their capacity reduced, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced.
The bulk of probation services in England and Wales are to be opened up to private and voluntary sector providers in a bid to tackle repeat reoffending, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced...
MPs have slammed the Ministry of Justice’s procurement of a £42m contract to provide a national interpretation service for courts, which was unable to meet demand and led to an increase in delayed...
The government’s plans for public spending cuts over the next five years are beginning to look ‘close to inconceivable’, with further tax rises or benefits cuts likely, the Institute for Fiscal...
Most Welsh councils failed to prepare their draft Whole of Government Accounts returns on time, a situation the auditor general called ‘very disappointing’.
Business leaders have urged newly elected police and crime commissioners to open up some police services to competition from private firms and reduce costs, amid budget cuts of 20% to forces in...
Scrutiny of Scottish police has often been weak and needs to be beefed up when the single national force begins work next April, inspectors said today.
Police and crime commissioners have been urged to work closely with local councillors following a ‘disappointing’ turnout in the first elections for the post held yesterday.
Three prisons set to be outsourced to the private sector are to remain in public hands and a fourth, the G4S-run Wolds, will be taken over by the state, it has emerged.
The Scottish Government has today been urged to review its reoffending prevention services after auditors found the funding could be used more effectively.
Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed that the government will introduce payment-by-results contracts into all aspects of offender rehabilitation in the justice system by 2015.
By Richard Johnstone in Birmingham | 10 October 2012
Private sector firms and charities could be given a bigger role in the rehabilitation of prisoners through the extension of payment-by-results...