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Children from the UK will now have international protection if they move to another country outside the European Union.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A new approach to Community Payback that will see offenders completing tougher, more intensive punishments begins today. Serco, …
New measures to help put a stop to convicted criminals who avoid paying back their legal aid bills have been put out to consultation today.
Tough new measures to make sure convicted criminals pay back legal aid have been put out to consultation by Chris Grayling.
David Cameron saw for himself the work prisons are doing to prevent reoffending when he visited HMP Wormwood Scrubs. During…
Damian Green's speech to the Policy Exchange on 23 October 2012.
A new measure will help prosecutors combat corporate offending including fraud, money laundering and bribery.
Every adult community sentence will include a form of punishment in radical reforms announced today.
The Government today publishes the new legislation, in the Crime and Courts Bill, that will mean adult community sentences will now contain a punitive element.
This written ministerial statement on legislative changes to firearms control was laid in the House of Commons on 22 October 2012 by Damian…
This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons on 19 October 2012 by Damian Green, and in the House of Lords by Lord Taylor…
To mark Anti-Slavery day Helen Grant met victims of trafficking.
Dozens of flexible court pilots will speed up cases and help modernise criminal justice services.
Thousands more people will benefit from flexible courts, Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green said today.
The Defamation Bill has its second reading in the House of Lords this afternoon.
The Justice Secretary today announced that householders would have greater protection from burglars.
Speech by Christopher Grayling MP during the swearing in ceremony for his appointment to Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.
Today Justice Secretary Chris Grayling was sworn in as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
From today many more criminals will be made to pay towards supporting victims of crime.
Lord McNally's speech on the government's programme of reform addressing the Family Justice Review.
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