The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is set to receive a real-term 1.8% spending increase according to the latest spending review ...

Lady Brittan, the widow of the former Home Secretary and European Commissioner Lord Leon Brittan who was falsely accused of ...

Rough sleeping, which has been criminalised under the the Vagrancy Act for over 200 years, will now be decriminalised according to a government announcement. Rough sleeping, meaning people without ...

The Law Society of England and Wales has called on the Government to invest more money in civil legal aid to ensure greater access for all.

Parliament is to debate a proposal to curtail the misuse of joint enterprise by restricting its application to those who make ...

Professor Angela Gallop, co-chair of the Westminster Commission, said: ‘If we want to avoid miscarriages of justice, we need ...

New research into digital access in prisons has highlighted the challenges faced by prisoners on release when they are denied internet access, and called for a roll-out in digital services across ...

The Howard League for Penal Reform has previously urged the Secretary of State for Justice to reconsider a decision to allow ...

More than 30,000 criminal prosecutions collapsed across England and Wales between 2020 and 2024 due to lost, missing, or damaged evidence, according to Crown Prosecution Service data. The crisis ...

A newly opened prison has such high levels of drugs and violence that prisoners feel unsafe according to its first ever inspection. HMP Fosse Way was opened in 2023 as a resettlement prison for 1,700 ...