Justice & Home Affairs

The Howard League for Penal Reform finds that there were 14,689 frontline officers in prisons in June 2016, down from 15,110 a year earlier

Equalities and Human Rights Commission paints stark picture of differing outcomes for ethnic minority groups and urges government to join up disparate initiatives

Caroline Normand set to join Which?, while other moves see the government name Lowell Goddard’s abuse inquiry replacement and Charlie Bean lined up for the Budget Responsibility Committee

Home secretary Amber Rudd says she intends to appoint a new chair for the troubled inquiry “as soon as possible"

Prejudice and discrimination can rise at a time of heightened insecurity, says Dr Marc Verlot of the Equality and Human Rights Commission – and it's not just the job of the police to tackle it

Theresa May arrives at Number 10 with years of experience on the government's key decision-making body on security. Dr Joe Devanny of the International Centre for Security Analysis takes a look at what the new government will mean for the way departments support prime ministers on national security issues

“None of us had any idea things would move so fast today, least of all the prime minister,” says Number 10

Home Office permanent secretary Mark Sedwill is under pressure to take action and deliver better returns on the use of confiscation orders

National Probation Service director Colin Allars named as successor to Lin Hinnigan at troubled young offenders' organisation

Justice committee warns the Ministry of Justice against seeking to "represent the quality of its evidence base to be higher than it is" after senior legal figures criticise research into court fees

Resignation announcement comes ahead of the publication of the Taylor Review of the Youth Justice System

Latest revisions to the tax authority's Single Departmental Plan include customer service targets and aim of getting staff engagement up to civil service-wide average

Cabinet Office promises new multi agency incident transfer protocol will help improve response to major incidents like terror attacks and floods

Experts question the ability of Queen’s Speech centrepiece to deal with system's core problems

Ahead of the State Opening of Parliament, think tank says slim Commons majority and tough Spending Review settlements mean government would be wise to focus on key priorities 

Report by MPs on the justice committee warns that prison safety "has deteriorated further and continues to do so"

Justice secretary Michael Gove says improvement board report highlights “broader problems” with the youth justice system

Interim chief Martin Jones has position made permanent

Ministry of Justice says it will announce "next steps in due course" amid reports Medway Secure Training Centre to be brought into public control

Home Office chief points out that enforcement rate for confiscation orders is increasing, even as overall debt pile grows, while Derbyshire police chief Mick Creedon points the finger at legacy of “inflated” targets

Experienced rehabilitation charities say they have been left disadvantaged by the bidding process for the Ministry of Justice's probation overhaul

National Audit Office says probation services "have been sustained throughout a period of major changes" – but warns of "unsurprising frictions" between private and public sector staff

The government's vision of autonomous prisons held to account for delivering against defined outcomes is welcome – but it will require a step change in the way performance is measured

Microsoft reviews the technology that can help police officers perform their jobs more effectively