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Changes to help reduce reoffending by making sure vulnerable prison leavers get ample time to access vital support services will be introduced under a new bill that gained government support today (2 December).
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Criminal legal aid lawyers will receive the biggest boost to their pay in decades thanks to wide-ranging reforms announced by the government today (30 November 2022).
Survivors will be better protected from domestic abusers who attempt to continue their campaign of terror from behind bars.
Helen Pitcher OBE announced as preferred candidate for next Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission.
A new app to boost prison leavers’ literacy is the latest part of a £20 million government plan to reduce reoffending through innovation.
Thousands more people will get access to early legal help over the next 2 years after the government announced £12 million of new grant funding today. (28 November 2022).
Victims will be better protected from abusers who share intimate images without their consent, under a raft of changes to the law announced today (25 November 2022).
The interest rates were increased for Court Funds Office special and basic accounts on 18 November 2022.
Letter from PSPRB Chair to Minister of State for Justice in response to the 2023 round remit letter.
Terrorists who continue offending in prison will always face the prospect of more time behind bars, the Deputy Prime Minister announced today (Sunday 20 November).
Nearly 1,000 prison leavers have been tagged in the first year of a scheme designed to crackdown on booze-fuelled crime.
Prisoners today (17 November 2022) pitched their business ideas to a ‘Dragons’ Den’ panel as part of a ground-breaking scheme to steer them away from crime.
The annual judicial pay review 2023 to 2024.
Remit letter from Minister of State for Justice to the Chair of the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB).
Government funding will unlock project while creating a new state-of-the-art court in Blackpool
Over 600 jobs are set to be created as construction starts on the UK’s first all-electric prison at Full Sutton in East Yorkshire.
Thousands of troubled youngsters will be put back on the right track thanks to a new £5 million fund for crime-cutting sports schemes, the Deputy Prime Minister has announced today (4 November 2022).
Around 20,000 people facing debt difficulties will be invited to receive free early-stage legal advice through a new pilot launched by the government on 31 October 2022.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Beverley Thompson-Brown OBE as a non-judicial member of the Sentencing Council.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Ian Curtis-Nye as a lay member of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC).
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