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Secretary of State The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss speech at the Spark21 Conference.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Speech on prison reform, including plans to recruit an additional 2,500 frontline staff to help transform prisons into places of safety and reform.
Oral statement on prison reform by the The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Elizabeth Truss.
Justice Secretary embarks on a major shake-up of prisons to help cut £15bn cost of reoffending.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Lord Kakkar as the new Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission.
Thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted of now abolished sexual offences will be posthumously pardoned, Justice Minister Sam Gyimah announced.
The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Vos as the Chancellor of the High Court.
Speech by The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Lord Chancellor, at the annual Lord Mayor Elect Ceremony.
Lord Chancellor Elizabeth Truss has today offered to meet the families affected by the Birmingham pub bombings.
Prisons Minister Sam Gyimah tells the PGA why prison governors are the right people to drive our reforms.
Following an open competition, the Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Susan Acland-Hood to the post of Chief Executive, HMCTS.
Speech by The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on the opening of the legal year.
The Lord Chancellor, in consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, has appointed Jeremy Mayhew and Catharine Seddon to the Legal Services Board.
Vulnerable victims and witnesses will no longer have to appear in court under new plans to roll out pre-trial evidence sessions.
The appointment of Andrew Dickerson, Peter Maddison and Paul West to the Prison Service Pay Review Body.
Written Ministerial Statement made by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Victims, Youth and Family Justice, Dr Phillip Lee.
Extremists to be held in 'specialist units', a crackdown on extremist literature and tightened vetting of prison chaplains.
Inmates running criminal operations from behind bars will be targeted with new powers to cut off mobile phones being used illegally in prisons.
Statement to inform former and current fee-paid judicial office holders of steps to introduce a fee paid judicial pension scheme.
Speech by The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, at her Lord Chancellor swearing in ceremony, 21 July 2016.
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