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Assaulting a retail worker to be made a standalone criminal offence.
Toughened-up good character rules will mean the criminality threshold for British citizenship is in line with the government’s Immigration Rules.
Staff dedicated to helping neurodivergent offenders are now in place in all public prisons in England and Wales.
Downview is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Sutton, Surrey, for women aged 18 and over.
The UK, US and Australia have sanctioned a senior leader of cyber-crime gang LockBit.
High Down is a men’s prison and young offender institution (YOI) near Sutton in Surrey.
Powers that police, councils and other authorities can use to control or improve the behaviour of dogs.
Despicable people who create sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ will face prosecution under a new law announced by the government today (16 April 2024).
FCDO travel advice for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
New orders that will prevent individuals from repeatedly causing serious disruption at protests will come into force today.
A new strategy has been launched to tackle the domestic and international threat of serious and organised crime.
Plans have been submitted to modernise the identification doctrine, a legal principle which can hold corporations criminally liable for an offence.
A violent thug who murdered a man and raped two women as part of a ferocious four-day crime spree has had his sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal.
The King’s Speech will keep violent criminals locked up for longer and put victims front and centre of the criminal justice system.
This document sets out the government’s plan to deliver the change that Britain needs, with less crime, fewer victims and a safer country.
Society’s most depraved killers will face life behind bars with no chance of being released, under tough plans announced by the Prime Minister.
What happens if you're charged with a crime. Find out about the hearing, when you can be released on bail and being put in custody (on remand).
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