A veteran MP has called on people who use cannabis for medicinal purposes to take the drug outside the Houses of Parliament in a bid to force the Government to make it legal.

79% of clients give barristers top marks.

College of Policing respond to HMCPSI/HMIC report  - "A joint inspection of the disclosure of unused material in volume crown court cases"

Standards in young offender institutions have deteriorated to the point that it will “inevitably end in tragedy” unless urgent action is taken, the chief inspector of prisons has warned. 

Credit card surcharges are to be banned outright from January 2018, the Government has confirmed.

People from "minority backgrounds" should sit on a special panel to advise the judge leading the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster, Jeremy Corbyn has demanded.

Stephen Timms MP calls on the Government to implement new measures to make it harder for criminals to purchase acid, and impose harsher sentences on perpetrators of acid attacks.

John McDonnell has insisted he has no regrets at claiming the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire were "murdered by political decisions”.

Philip Hammond told a Cabinet meeting that public sector workers are "overpaid", it has been revealed.

Amber Rudd has called for more life sentences to be handed down to those who carry out acid attacks. 

Ministers will propose new restrictions on the sale and possession of corrosive substances in the next few days following a spate of acid attacks in London.

The powers that allow members of the public and the victims of crime to call convicted criminals back to court to have their sentence assessed are to be extended to cover more terrorist offences.

Diane Abbott has suggested acid attacks should be considered a “form of terrorism” after a sharp rise in such incidents. 

The Treasury fined Theresa May’s Home Office after she gave the former head of the child abuse inquiry a salary of £500,000 per year, it has emerged.  

Leading safety bodies are set to meet ministers for talks on the UK’s building and fire regulations in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster, the House of Lords heard today.

Bernard Jenkin finds the Donmar’s new musical a fair and compelling portrayal of his committee’s hearing on the collapse of Kids Company 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) plans to change its indemnity insurance rules to make it easier for firms to switch their regulator, encouraging competition in the market while still offering protection for the public.

“This repeal bill is the start of the mammoth task of transposing EU law on to the UK statute books,” Chair of the Bar Andrew Langdon QC said of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, published today.

Legal practitioners will hear from leading experts on how to guard against cyber-attacks that threaten client confidentiality and learn how to negotiate the minefield of up-coming data protection rules, at this year’s Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference on Saturday 4 November.

The outdated law of wills needs an overhaul according to the Law Commission. 

Theresa May has ordered a review into the intimidation of politicians after MPs suffered a torrent of abuse from their opponents during the election campaign.

Diane Abbott has condemned the Government after it point blank refused to release a long-awaited report into funding for UK extremism that was expected to criticise Saudi Arabia.

Coca-Cola European Partners has today unveiled its new GB sustainable packaging strategy – setting out an ambition for its GB business unit to work with local and national partners to recover all its packaging so that more is recycled and none ends up as litter.

A Government-backed mission to disrupt people smuggling in the Mediterranean has ended up leaving more migrants dead, a committee of peers has found.