Solicitors have been urged to make sure that the credentials of people approaching their firm to offer business expansion are genuine.

Sajid Javid is calling for police stop-and-search powers to be increased in a bid to tackle those behind acid attacks, it has been reported.

Innocent students have been wrongly caught up in a scandal that wasn’t of their making, says Wes Streeting MP.

The increasingly exorbitant fee puts the right to register as British beyond the financial means of many and is counter to the government’s duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children says Stuart McDonald MP.

The Ministry of Justice has had the highest cuts of any department –40%- and the impact of cuts on this scale is simply unsustainable, says Karen Buck MP.

Solicitors have been urged to check the HM Treasury frozen assets review to make sure they are not holding monies belonging to a client that is subject to financial sanctions.

Sajid Javid will demand tech firms play their part in tackling online child sex abuse, as he reveals that tens of thousands of online users could pose a threat to children.

Dods People draws together a list of this week's appointments in Westminster politics, all the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector.

Social media has given incredible freedom to millions of people worldwide. But with this freedom comes danger, especially for young and vulnerable people

A man from north London who plotted to kill Theresa May has been jailed for life.

ETI programme manager, Geraint Evans looks at why it is important that CCS is part of the future UK energy system and the policy signals needed to create a market for this valuable, decarbonising technology.

The Foreign Secretary has accused search giant Google of failing to clamp down on online child abuse.

Diane Abbott has hit out at Theresa May after it emerged that three members of the Windrush generation wrongly deported have died in the Caribbean.

Theresa May has pledged to build a new cyber centre in Nairobi in a bid to help Kenyan police track down British paedophiles online.

With a year to go until the deadline for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) compensation claims to be submitted, law firms have been reminded to make sure any applications they work are handled properly. A cut-off for such PPI claims has been set for 29 August 2019 by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Dods People draws together a list of this week's appointments in Westminster politics, all the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector.

The boss of the Metropolitan Police has risked a row with Sajid Javid over the use of spit hoods by front-line cops.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has today published the response to its consultation on Managed Electric Vehicle Charging, highlighting proposed solutions to help ensure a smooth transition to electric vehicles (EVs) which avoids potential overloads on local electricity networks caused by sharp increases in the use of EVs.

Officers and staff are being called on to share their expertise in tackling vulnerability and violent crime which could be shared nationally.

Businesses have urged ministers to provide “absolute clarity” on Britain’s post-Brexit immigration plans as new figures show the number of EU citizens choosing to come and live in the UK has plummeted over the past year.

The retired police chief who was facing trial over the Hillsborough disaster has hit out at “political interference” in the decision to charge him after the case was dropped.

Downing Street has slapped down Liam Fox after he suggested the target to slash net migration to the tens of thousands could be dropped after Brexit, it has been reported.

The British Safety Council welcomed the challenge to the government that a failure to address the risk to life posed by flammable external cladding, similar to that used on the Grenfell Tower, is a breach of human rights. 

Sajid Javid has apologised to 18 Windrush migrants after a Government review found they may have been “wrongfully removed” from Britain or detained.