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First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
G4S has been awarded the contract to manage Wellingborough’s new jail, Prisons Minister Lucy Frazer announced today (6 October 2020).
Speech delivered by the Lord Chancellor at Temple Church for the Opening of the Legal Year Service.
The joint Home Office and Ministry of Justice fund will support national charities that work with children and adults who have experienced child sexual abuse.
A further update on work MOJ is doing to respond to the CJEU judgment of November 2018 in O’Brien No.2 and the Supreme Court’s judgment in Miller of December 2019.
Business Minister Paul Scully introduces raft of technical changes to increase flexibility to employment tribunal system.
Under-represented groups will be better supported to become judges following the launch of a new action plan to increase diversity on the bench.
Full text of the speech given by Robert Buckland QC to launch the White Paper - A Smarter Approach to Sentencing.
New legislation will help ex-offenders to find a job – allowing them to turn their lives around and ending the cycle of crime.
The Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC has today set out his plan for "smarter sentencing" to crack down on crime and protect the public by ensuring dangerous criminals are kept in prison for longer.
An extra 1,700 offenders will receive closer supervision on their release from prison under plans to expand the number of places in approved premises.
People arrested for serious crimes can spend longer in custody as they await trial.
The Secretary of State has announced the extension to Dame Anne Owers’ tenure as National Chair of the Independent Monitoring Boards.
Hundreds of jobs will be created as construction work on a new £286 million prison in Leicestershire gets underway, Prisons Minister Lucy Frazer announced today (2 September 2020).
Vulnerable victims and witnesses will be spared the trauma of attending court as technology allowing pre-recording of evidence sessions is rolled out across London and Kent today (24 August 2020).
Up to £51 million will go to the legal aid sector to better reflect the vital work criminal advocates and solicitors do, under government reforms announced today (21 August 2020).
Her Majesty the Queen, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, has appointed a new Commissioner and Vice Chairman to the Judicial Appointments Commission.
Prisoner early release scheme to be paused at the end of August 2020.
People representing themselves in court will receive enhanced legal support following £3.1 million in additional funding the Ministry of Justice has announced.
The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, has announced the appointment of Philip Brook Smith QC and Susan Humble as new members of the TPC.
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