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...
Complaint cases against the police in Scotland rose by 4% last year but allegations against officers soared by 13%, according to independent police complaints commissioner Professor John McNeill.
Police representatives and the Home Office have struck a deal on future pensions for officers and staff, as part of the government’s changes to all public sector schemes.
The coalition partners don’t agree on much. And the political perils of shrinking the state mean that small is no longer quite so beautiful, argues Philip Johnston
Attempts to improve the performance of the UK Border Agency have been hampered by incoherent planning and the delayed delivery of a key IT project, it has been revealed today.
Police forces in England and Wales have largely ‘risen to the challenge’ of maintaining services at a time of public spending cuts, the Inspectorate of Constabulary said today.
