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  • The Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy MP spoke at the OpenAI Frontiers Conference about partnering with OpenAI and cutting admin time for frontline staff.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • British businesses are set to benefit from a new deal between the Ministry of Justice and global tech leader OpenAI to supercharge UK AI adoption.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Thousands of prison staff will be safer thanks to a new £15 million investment in protective body armour and Tasers as part of the Government’s Plan for Change.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Gov Facility Services Limited (GFSL) and HMP Leyhill are proud to announce the outstanding success of their ROTL employment scheme.

  • Thousands of criminals could be kept under additional surveillance by new technology to enhance how the Probation Service monitors offenders and cuts crime.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • A Devon jail is set to almost double in size as the Government ploughs ahead with the largest prison building programme since the Victoria era.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • A new leadership team, bolstered staff training and improved safeguarding have been put in place at Oakhill Secure Training Centre, following concerns raised by inspectors last month.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Reoffending by burglars, robbers and thieves has been cut by 20 percent thanks to the tracking of their movements with tags, a new report has found.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Extra specialist staff, a bolstered senior leadership team and improved training for frontline officers will be deployed urgently at HMP Pentonville.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Foreign criminals will for the first time face immediate deportation after sentencing as the Government strengthens border security through the Plan for Change.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Organised crime gangs are being targeted by the police and prison service as part of a nationwide crackdown on drone drops into prisons.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Violence in prisons will be clamped down on as specially trained staff are issued Tasers in a new trial launched by the Lord Chancellor today (28 July).

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Communities blighted by prolific offenders will be better protected as part of an expansion of revolutionary new courts aimed at cutting less serious crime.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Thousands of criminals could soon be managed by revolutionary new technology to enhance how the justice system monitors offenders and cuts reoffending.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • The Secretary of State has reappointed Sir David Calvert-Smith as a judicial member of the Parole Board.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Foreign prisoners will be deported sooner thanks to new legislation introduced today (25 June) to free up vital prison capacity, keep our streets safe and save taxpayers’ money.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Violence is rife in overcrowded, unsafe prisons, with offenders nearly twenty per cent more likely to be involved in assaults in too full jails, new research published today (19 June) reveals.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Frontline prison officers working in the highest risk areas of the prison estate will be issued protective body armour under swift Government action to improve their safety, the Lord Chancellor announced today (Tuesday 3 Jun…

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Nine projects, ranging from whether flies can detect explosives to how comics can reduce radicalism and how much of a risk crossbows are, were showcased.

  • The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP and Amy Rees CB spoke in a briefing at Downing Street about the extent of the prison capacity crisis and plans to counter it.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government