Immigration watchdog's term extended again, six months into recruitment for successor
10 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Immigration watchdog's term extended again, six months into recruitment for successor
Home secretary Priti Patel says move will "prevent a gap" in scrutiny of her department's work
George Osborne says civil servants should take more blame for Windrush scandal
06 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
George Osborne says civil servants should take more blame for Windrush scandal
Former chancellor admits cabinet got policy wrong but says accountability needs to be shared with officials
Sunak urged to find cash to make pandemic-driven innovations permanent
02 Nov 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Sunak urged to find cash to make pandemic-driven innovations permanent
Spending Review should also stump up funding to deal with “huge” service backlogs, report says
MoJ launches review that could lead to Parole Board overhaul
22 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ launches review that could lead to Parole Board overhaul
Review is the “culmination of work to examine and reform the parole system" that followed Worboys case
Civil servant arrested in probe over ambassador's leaked Trump comments
20 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Civil servant arrested in probe over ambassador's leaked Trump comments
Kim Darroch quit British Embassy in Washington after cables showed he called US president “inept”, “insecure” and “incompetent”
Home Office and MHCLG detail £60m coronavirus policing package
08 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office and MHCLG detail £60m coronavirus policing package
Law-enforcement funding targets boosted town-centre visibility and compliance checks
Civil servant pleads guilty to role in Extinction Rebellion protest
07 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Civil servant pleads guilty to role in Extinction Rebellion protest
Staffer handed conditional discharge after printworks blockade that saw campaigners chained and cemented together
Cabinet Office to probe leaks of asylum-seeker detention ideas
02 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Cabinet Office to probe leaks of asylum-seeker detention ideas
Home Office perm sec Matthew Rycroft tells MPs "everything is on the table" after reports detail controversial blue-sky thinking on offshore holding centres
Home Office culture change pledge branded 'laughable' as government considers offshore detention centres
01 Oct 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office culture change pledge branded 'laughable' as government considers offshore detention centres
Human rights group criticises "improvement plan" amid reports officials considered putting asylum seekers on oil rigs
Home Office to trial outsourced asylum interviews to clear coronavirus backlog
28 Sep 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office to trial outsourced asylum interviews to clear coronavirus backlog
Six-week pilot will trial use of external supplier to “get the system moving again”
Home Office has ‘too much’ immigration enforcement information, but ‘not the right sort’
18 Sep 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office has ‘too much’ immigration enforcement information, but ‘not the right sort’
Damning PAC report accuses department of formulating policy on “anecdote, assumption and prejudice” and of showing “little concern” for the human impact of its failures
Priti Patel tight-lipped on ‘completed’ probe into bullying claims
15 Sep 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Priti Patel tight-lipped on ‘completed’ probe into bullying claims
Home secretary refuses to endorse publication of Cabinet Office report into allegations about her treatment of staff
Delays to inspection reports 'undermines' immigration watchdog's work, Home Office told
14 Sep 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Delays to inspection reports 'undermines' immigration watchdog's work, Home Office told
Outgoing chief inspector David Bolt says department's failure to publish transparency reports quickly undermine his credibility and influence
Home Office perm sec bans controversial department video that referred to ‘activist lawyers’
28 Aug 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office perm sec bans controversial department video that referred to ‘activist lawyers’
Matthew Rycroft bans official Twitter clip dismissing people providing legal representation for asylum seekers as “activist lawyers”
Home Office seeks independent adviser to Windrush compensation scheme
26 Aug 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office seeks independent adviser to Windrush compensation scheme
Recruitment will fulfil department's April 2019 commitment for independent oversight of scheme that has settled less than 20% of claims so far
Louise Casey quits government rough sleeping review role
21 Aug 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Louise Casey quits government rough sleeping review role
Former Troubled Families tsar says appointment to House of Lords contributed to decision
MoJ hits ‘pause’ on coronavirus early-release scheme for prisoners
20 Aug 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ hits ‘pause’ on coronavirus early-release scheme for prisoners
Data shows at least 275 inmates have been freed from jail ahead of time under pandemic programme
Watchdog calls for evidence on how e-passport gates have affected people's ability to prove immigration status
11 Aug 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Watchdog calls for evidence on how e-passport gates have affected people's ability to prove immigration status
David Bolt's e-gates inspection will look at how visa-free entry to the UK has affected people's ability to demonstrate they have a right to be in the UK and access services
Coronavirus: Failure to toughen border measures made pandemic 'much worse', MPs say
05 Aug 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Coronavirus: Failure to toughen border measures made pandemic 'much worse', MPs say
Committee told up to 10,000 people with Covid-19 entered or returned to the country in March
Home Office staff to undergo training on race in 'sweeping' post-Windrush reforms
22 Jul 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office staff to undergo training on race in 'sweeping' post-Windrush reforms
Home Office will also review hostile environment policy so “no one with a legal right to be here is wrongly penalised”
MoJ perm sec Richard Heaton to leave civil service
09 Jul 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ perm sec Richard Heaton to leave civil service
Heaton becomes latest perm sec to announce departure after 30-year career in Whitehall
Foreign Office names first human rights abusers to be targeted by UK post-Brexit sanction regime
07 Jul 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Foreign Office names first human rights abusers to be targeted by UK post-Brexit sanction regime
Government sends very clear message that ‘those with blood on their hands will not be free to waltz into this country to buy up property’, says Dominic Raab
Home Office to spell out plan to implement full Windrush review before summer
24 Jun 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office to spell out plan to implement full Windrush review before summer

Home secretary pledges to ensure Home Office “fundamentally shifts its way of working” after report
Implement my recommendations or risk another Windrush, review author warns Home Office
22 Jun 2020 Justice & Home Affairs
Implement my recommendations or risk another Windrush, review author warns Home Office

Warning comes as department forms a cross-government working group to "address the challenges faced by the Windrush generation and their descendants"