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Thousands of police officers receive new specialised training in investigating sexual offences as more sexual offenders are arrested and convicted.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Serious young offenders will be turned away from gangs and knife crime through rigorous education and training at the country’s first Secure School.
Circular amending Annex F made under the Police Regulations 2003 to implement a new pay structure for chief constables and deputy chief constables.
The Court of Appeal has increased the sentence of a dangerous sexual predator after it was referred under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Staff dedicated to helping neurodivergent offenders are now in place in all public prisons in England and Wales.
Plans to make it easier and less traumatic for victims of child sexual abuse to bring historic claims through the civil courts have been unveiled by the government today (15 May 2024).
Measures will help protect law-abiding cyclists, pedestrians and other road users while ensuring justice is done.
Steph Roberts-Bibby, the CEO of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), talking about the YJB's new values - what they are, why we have them and how they will be embedded.
The government will invest a further £4 million to tackle the scourge of knife crime, the Home Secretary has announced.
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has today summoned the Chinese Ambassador Zheng Zeguang following allegations of foreign interference on UK soil, contrary to the National Security Act 2023.
The government will place 6 new synthetic opioids under the strictest level of control.
Legal and technology professionals on opposite sides of the world are set to benefit from bolstered connections between the UK and Australia through the UK Government’s GREAT Legal Services campaign’s latest programme of eve…
Prisoners who break the rules while behind bars face new community payback-style punishments like repair work and litter picking, under tough prison rules to be set out this week.
Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk congratulated winners at the Times Law Awards 2024.
Farmer Derek Dyer contaminated a private water supply and polluted a stream after a slurry store built from farmyard manure collapsed.
More female offenders than ever recorded before are in work 6 months after their release from prison as a direct result of government action – cutting crime and keeping the public safe.
The Secretary of State for Justice has approved that the tenure of Colin Allars, as Chair of Gov Facilities Services Limited, can be extended.
Vile abusers who rape a child will have their own parental responsibilities automatically removed under new laws.
International law must remain in lockstep with the changing 21st century world and the needs of citizens or face irrelevance the Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk, will stress to the G7’s justice leaders today (9 May 2024).
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kerry Smith as our new Assistant Chief Constable (ACC).
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