Justice & Home Affairs

Department had said reason for policy included that it required less work for officials

Staff bring out specialist equipment to fix breached river banks as response efforts focus on longer-term measures

Review comes after attack by Usman Khan left two people dead

Manifesto pledges include resurrecting department for climate change and creating a chief secretary for sustainability role in HM Treasury

Secret Intelligence Service chief details how he interacts with Downing Street and what he looks for in new recruits

Report warns plan to hire 20,000 extra police will ramp up sentencing, prisons and probation work

Budget cuts and policy changes could be among reasons for delays, Migration Observatory says

Inquiry will ensure "lessons are learnt to prevent these shocking events happening again"

Johnson commits MHCLG and Home Office to legislating for first-phase report recommendations

MPs sceptical over "government’s poor track record in delivering promised new prison places"

Devolution move seeks to align policy and spending decisions with health, education and social welfare

Response to the Justice Committee reveals that Cabinet Office-led Reducing Reoffending Board has been scrapped