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More than double the number of ex-offenders found work following a major government drive to reduce reoffending and plug labour shortages to help grow the economy.
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Hundreds of Albanian prisoners to be returned to their home country in exchange for UK support to help modernise the Albanian prison system.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the interim appointment of Chief Constable Rob Nixon as a policing member of the Sentencing Council.
The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, has announced the reappointment of Philip Brook Smith KC and Susan Humble as members of the Tribunal Procedure Committee.
New offence for encouraging serious self-harm with perpetrators facing 5 years behind bars.
Victims and Prisoners Bill will stop unnecessary and invasive access to personal materials such as therapy notes.
New rules will see up to 4,500 more lawyers from diverse backgrounds eligible to become judges under plans announced by the government today (11 May 2023).
Extra £6 million to support up to 2,000 more people in complex family cases.
Terrorist prisoners to be banned from taking leading roles in religious services.
New Lord Chancellor announces 13,000 cameras now available to every prison officer on shift.
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.
The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the appointment of Roy Grant and Nigel Cotgrove to the Prison Service Pay Review Body.
Correspondence from the PSPRB Chair to the Minister of State for Justice for Prisons and Probation in response to the 2023 timetable and receipt of evidence.
Increase of interest rates for Court Funds Office special and basic accounts from today (21 April 2023).
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointments of Pauline McCabe and Jake Hard as members of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody.
Sir Richard Broadbent has been announced as the new chair of the HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Board.
The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the reappointment of Keith Fraser as Chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.
Report finds process less intimidating and yields better evidence.
The Ministry of Justice are aware of a telephone scam impacting members of the public.
Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab welcomed this year’s appointees to King’s Counsel at Westminster Hall.
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