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The Office for Criminal Justice Reform is the government body that supports criminal justice agencies in working together to provide an improved service to the public.
Update on government’s progress tackling disparities, including progress in response to the Lammy Review.
The Criminal Justice Bill will give police more powers to tackle knife crime, antisocial behaviour, theft and drugs.
Families will benefit from new early legal advice to spare them stress of court.
A brief explainer of some of the key policy areas of the Prisons Strategy White Paper.
Innocent people who have suffered miscarriages of justice, personal harm or injury are among those who will benefit from upcoming changes to legal aid means testing coming into effect this year.
This consultation sets out proposals for reform of the criminal legal aid fee schemes which fall under Crime Lower.
A Response to the Criminal Justice Joint Evidence Review: Neurodiversity in the Criminal Justice System.
Thousands of rehabilitated ex-prisoners serving long-since abolished indefinite sentences will become eligible to have their licence period terminated earlier as part of new reforms.
Despicable people who create sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ will face prosecution under a new law announced by the government today (16 April 2024).
This report sets out the government’s action plan for improving the Criminal Justice System’s response to rape in England and Wales.
Lord Farmer's review places family ties at the heart of prison reform.
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