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The Justice Secretary, Brandon Lewis MP, has today (Tuesday 4 October) announced that more thieves, burglars and robbers will be fitted with GPS electronic tags when they leave prison, helping cut crime and keep the public s…
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Hundreds more victims expected to be helped through funding of support services to 2025.
Prisoners will learn the skills they need to stay on the straight and narrow as the latest phase of the government’s plan to deliver 20,000 new prison places gets underway.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
£24 million for services that work with women in justice system.
Home Secretary made the announcement on a visit to Liverpool.
The Home Secretary Priti Patel visited Brentford’s stadium to see the work football clubs, the police and sport bodies are doing to prevent antisocial behaviour.
£50 million awarded through the Safer Street Fund to tackle violence against women and girls and make streets safer.
The UK and Ghana will go further and faster to combat terrorism, organised migration crime, drug trafficking and other global threats following a summit in London.
New prison wings designed to get offenders clean will receive funding thanks to the government’s 10-year strategy to tackle drug-fuelled crime.
Courts will be able to dismiss lawsuits seeking to stifle free speech earlier under government reforms to protect the UK legal system from abuse.
Professor Sampson praises the government on its decision not to hand oversight of police use of DNA and fingerprints to the ICO.
The Prisons Minister spoke to a range of leaders from across the justice sector to set out the government’s progress in modernising the justice system.
Home Secretary seeks expert advice to tighten restrictions on brorphine and metonitazene.
Alcohol-fuelled crime will be cut as offenders released from prisons in England face alcohol bans and having their drinking electronically monitored from today (15 June 2022).
Jail time for protesters who create and occupy tunnels.
Serious offenders to demonstrably prove they no longer pose a risk to public.
Number of Clink Kitchens quadruples since September 2021.
Site in Swansea will pioneer new approach to tackling female offending.
Biggest funding package in a generation to tackle youth offending and cut crime.
Mosques and Muslim faith schools given access to £24.5 million for security measures to protect their places of worship and schools.
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