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Letter from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP.
Sir Richard Broadbent has been announced as the new chair of the HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Board.
Report finds process less intimidating and yields better evidence.
Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab welcomed this year’s appointees to King’s Counsel at Westminster Hall.
Victims’ experiences to be transformed through new Victims and Prisoners Bill.
More than 90 business experts have been enlisted as prison employment advisors to help drive thousands of prison leavers into work and away from a life of crime.
Government to fund mandatory mediation for separating couples.
Justice ministers from around the world will convene in London today (March 20) to boost international support for the independent International Criminal Court’s (ICC) vital investigations into war crimes.
Domestic abusers who kill their partners or ex-partners will receive tougher sentences under government plans published today (17 March 2023).
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Judiciary of England and Wales are calling on employers to join the hundreds already benefitting from supporting staff to volunteer as magistrates.
First ever ‘Independent Public Advocate’ to launch in England and Wales.
Transgender women with male genitalia will no longer be able to be held in mainstream women’s prisons, under new measures coming into force today.
Vulnerable children across England and Wales will be better protected from the damaging impact of forced marriage as the legal age of marriage rises to 18 in England and Wales.
Tougher management of most dangerous abusers and new protections for victims.
Nightingale Courts across England and Wales are being kept open for another year to reduce waiting times and deliver swift justice for victims.
Dozens more former police officers and detectives with experience of managing dangerous offenders will be recruited as part of plans to toughen up the parole system.
Thousands of prisoners are getting clean thanks to a doubling of drug-free wings in jails as the government’s war on addiction steps up a gear.
Construction firms have pitched up in prisons across England and Wales for the latest major drive to match offenders with jobs in sectors facing skill shortages and cut crime.
Vulnerable victims in up to 4,600 cases involving crimes including sexual abuse and rape will be able to avoid giving their evidence in a full courtroom every year according to new estimates from the Ministry of Justice.
Further information on the changes we are making to our transgender prisoner policy framework.
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