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  • Appointment of 3 members of the Family Justice Council

    Appointment of Elizabeth Isaacs QC, Helen Morris and Sara McIlroy as new members of the Family Justice Council.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New open prison unit launched at Drake Hall

    Justice Minister Simon Hughes opens a new unit at Drake Hall women’s prison aimed at preparing offenders for release.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ministers sign agreement for prisoners to supply armed forces with kit

    Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and Defence Minister Philip Dunne signed a service level agreement last week .

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Prisoners to supply armed forces with kit

    Prisoners will be making sandbags, fence posts and other support products for Britain’s armed forces after an innovative new agreement was signed by ministers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Post-prison support extended to 45,000 offenders

    A major gap which allows 45,000 short-term prisoners to leave prison unsupervised every year has been closed under a new law that has been brought into force.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Online tracking service launched for victims of crime

    Victims of crime can now find the latest information about their case at any time of the day or night thanks to an innovative online service to be launched to police forces across the country.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Data management

    The government is investigating an information loss, relating to 3 independent judge-led inquiries.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Styal prison launches new open unit

    Justice Minister Simon Hughes opens new accommodation which will act as a stepping stone back into the community for female prisoners nearing release.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More than 6 million searches of new wills archive

    More than 6 million searches of the government’s new archive of wills have been made in just 1 month.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New crackdown on dangerous legal highs in prison

    Offenders found abusing so-called ‘legal highs’ in prison will face a new crackdown by prison authorities from next week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK leads the way to eradicating female genital mutilation

    Tough new laws to tackle the harmful and unacceptable practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) took a crucial step closer to becoming law.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Queen’s Counsel in England & Wales: 2014 to 2015

    Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of 93 new Queen's Counsel.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Illicit prison phones to be cut off

    Mobile phones that are being used by prisoners will be cut off under proposed new legislation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Alan Eccles awarded CBE in 2015 New Year Honours List

    Alan Eccles, Public Guardian and Chief Executive of OPG, has been awarded a CBE in the 2015 New Year Honours List.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 10th anniversary of Freedom of Information Act

    Justice Minister Simon Hughes has revealed more than 400,000 information requests have been made under the act since 1 January 2005.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Huge penalties for rogue claims management firms

    Claims firms responsible for providing bad service and bombarding people with nuisance calls can be issued with financial penalties.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 41 million wills available to search online for the first time

    The wills of Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill, Alan Turing and Beatrix Potter are among millions which have been made accessible to the public through a searchable online database.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More support for veterans in the criminal justice system

    Ex-servicemen and women entering the criminal justice system will be better supported and given a stronger chance of rehabilitation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry: £2m funding boost for victims

    The government today launched a £2 million fund for organisations reporting an increase in demand on their services prompted by the Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Charities in front seat of new reoffending drive

    The government fired the starting gun today on making key reforms to the way ex-offenders are looked after in the community, in an effort to tackle stubbornly high reoffending rates in England and Wales.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government