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Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.
Home Secretary statement on the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue on Thursday 2 October.
Under the landmark UK-France migration deal, the first groups of small boats arrivals to the UK have been successfully removed on flights to France.
Police forces will be authorised to consider the ‘cumulative impact’ of protests, assessing previous activity when deciding to impose limits on protesters.
Update on upcoming changes to settlement policy.
The UK government begins removals under landmark treaty with France.
Countries that refuse to accept returns of individuals in the UK unlawfully could see the number of visas they are granted cut.
Claire Waxman OBE named as next Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales to help deliver justice for victims
More people will be tagged and monitored as part of the Government's Plan for Change as the Sentencing Bill is published.
The Sentencing Council will be unable to issue new guidelines without the approval of the Justice Secretary.
Criminals will be barred from pubs, concerts and sports matches under new sentencing powers.
Foreign criminals will for the first time face immediate deportation after sentencing as the Government strengthens border security through the Plan for Change.
Prison officers will use artificial intelligence (AI) to stop violence before it breaks out under new plans set out by the Lord Chancellor today (31 July).
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).
Victims of miscarriages of justice will be eligible for greater compensation to rebuild their lives following a proposed increase in the compensation cap.
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.
Sentencing guidelines which risked differential treatment for different races and religions blocked as Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act receives Royal Assent
The European Convention of Human Rights “must evolve” to restore public confidence in the rule of law, the Lord Chancellor told European ambassadors in a speech today (Wednesday 18 June).
The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP spoke about evolving the European Convention on Human Rights to restore public confidence in the rule of law.
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…
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