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Government opens door to new G4S bids
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, has announced that the 'corporate renewal plan' embarked on by private security firm G4S 'represents the right direction of travel' to meet...
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The flawed PC Blakelock murder trial
The prosecution of Nicky Jacobs for the murder of PC Keith Blakelock should never have been pursued, Stafford Scott, co-founder of the Broadwater Farm Defence Campaign,...
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Department for Work and Pensions hampered MPs' inquiry
The House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee has criticised the Department for Work and Pensions for hampering its inquiry into the roll-out of the Universal Credit. According to the Financial...
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Crime statistics fiddled in 'target junkie' police culture
A new report from the House of Commons Public Administration Committee claims that there is strong evidence that the...
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Troubled families programme likely to miss targets
The government's troubled families programme is likely to miss its target to 'turn around' 120,000 so-called troubled families, the influential House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee argues...
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Yes but no but... Grayling adds to confusion over prison book ban
In the latest development in the simmering prison book ban controversy, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has written an 'open letter' to the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
The letter looks set to add to confusion over the reason for the ban on prisoners receiving books and other items in...
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Taser use up over 300 per cent between 2009 and 2013
Police in England and Wales used tasers more than 10,000 in 2013, The Guardian reports, an increase of 27 per cent in a year.
Figures from the annual...
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Integrated Offender Management 'promising'
A new joint report by the Probation and Police Inspectorates on integrated offender management (PDF, new window) has concluded that it is 'a...
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DWP takes to Twitter to announce Atos Work Capability Assessment cancellation
The Department for Work and Pensions has today announced the cancellation of the troubled Atos Work Capability Assessement contract via Twitter.
Today we are announcing we are seeking a new provider to replace Atos for the Work Capability
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Ineffective police response towards domestic violence
A critical report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary says that victims of domestic violence faced a 'lottery' in the way they are treated. Theresa May, Home Secretary, has called for a 'radical change', saying that she would chair a group to consider the findings of the report,...
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Spending on youth services drops by 36%
Following a Freedom of Information request, BBC Radio 4 reports that the amount spent by councils on services for young people fell, in real terms, from £1.2bn in 2010-2011, to £791m in 2012-2013. The decision to move...