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Criminal Exploitation Of Children Rises By 55 Per Cent In Two Years, Data Suggests

13 Nov Education

Cases of child criminal exploitation have increased sharply in the last two years, a new analysis shared with PoliticsHome shows.

12 Nov Home affairs

MPs Urged To Be "Wary" Of Mobile Phone Theft Near Parliament

24 Oct Home affairs

New Report Urges Government To Overhaul Asylum Seeker Accommodation System

18 Oct Home affairs

Non-League Teams Fear New Anti-Terror Law Could Be Too Costly To Follow

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Labour MP Praises Theresa May For Bringing Modern Slavery To "Centre" Of Political Debate

07 Oct Home affairs

Keir Starmer Says Middle East Must "Step Back From The Brink" On 7 October Anniversary

26 Sep Home affairs

Government Minister Says New Hillsborough Law Will Help Deliver The "Truth"

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The anniversary of the IRA ceasefire must be a moment to remember – not rewrite – a painful history

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Oxbridge Should "Move" Towards How US Universities Are Funded

20 Nov Education

Ofsted "Culpable" For Poor Children Falling Further Behind, Says Body's Former Head

19 Nov Education

Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'

19 Nov Health

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27 Sep Communities

Jonathan Ashworth: 'Nobody likes losing an election. It's a kick in the knackers'

A key figure in Gordon Brown’s No 10, and a shadow cabinet minister under Keir Starmer’s Labour opposition, Jonathan Ashworth tells Tali Fraser about his plans as chief executive of influential think tank Labour Together.

08 Aug Communities

Middlesbrough MP Says "Rampant Inequality" Opened The Way For Violent Riots

The Labour MP for Middlesbrough has said that a legacy of “rampant inequality” opened the way for “terrible behaviours and abuse” to take hold in Teesside.

17 Jul Environment

Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.

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Regulator launches plans for standardised solicitors test

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15 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Regulator launches plans for standardised solicitors test

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s Director of Education and Training, Julia Brannan, tells PoliticsHome why the absence of a common bar for solicitors in the UK is harming the industry.

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14 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Thousands have their say on solicitors' standards

More than 4,000 people have already had their say in a national campaign looking at what should happen when solicitors fall short of expected standards.

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13 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Direct Entry at inspector rank to be introduced

The College of Policing today announced plans to launch a new programme for Direct Entry at inspector rank.

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11 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Proposals to widen access to the legal profession could have the opposite effect, warns Law Society

Social mobility and the global competitiveness of UK law could be damaged bythe removal ofcurrentapproved routes to qualifying as a solicitor, the Law Society warned today.

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08 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Officers need more training to help tackle honour-based violence, Police Federation of England and Wales

Police Federation's response to HMIC report, 'The depths of dishonour: Hidden voices and shameful crimes.

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07 Dec 2015 Home affairs

SRA proposes a Solicitors Qualifying Examination for all new solicitors

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is proposing a shake-up in the way solicitors qualify, with a consultation on a new standardised system for assessing trainees.

Misconduct in public office law is ‘flawed’ and must be replaced, says former attorney general

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05 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Misconduct in public office law is ‘flawed’ and must be replaced, says former attorney general

Misconduct in public office is a common law offence, but the existing rules have come under fire from the legal profession, prompting calls for their revision.

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03 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Law Society statement on scrapping of criminal courts charge

Law Society president Jonathan Smithers said:

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03 Dec 2015 Home affairs

SRA's latest Business Plan continues good work

The SRA has today published its latest Business Plan, setting out how it will build upon the progress made in the last 12 months.

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02 Dec 2015 Home affairs

SRA backs call for independent legal regulators

The SRA Board has today welcomed the Government proposals to make legal service regulators independent from their representative bodies.

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30 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law Society responds to Treasury announcement on legal regulation and competition

The legal profession must be free to set the standards and rules under which it operates, says theChief executive of The Law Society, Catherine Dixon.

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30 Nov 2015 Home affairs

SRA helps small firms stay ahead of the game

As part of its regular review of risks for the legal sector, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today (30 November) issued advice to help small law firms stay one step ahead of the issues they face.

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30 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law Society will strongly oppose measures to restrict use of in-house advocates

Clients should be able to choose which lawyer they want to represent them in court, the Law Society said today.

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27 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council urges outright ban to all inducements beyond ‘kickbacks’

MoJ advocacy panel must be truly independent The Bar Council has urged all inducements, not just referral fees, between advocates and litigators be out-lawed in its response to the Ministry of Justices consultation Preserving and Enhancing the Quality of Criminal Advocacy.

New guidelines for solicitors provide more protection for public

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27 Nov 2015 Home affairs

New guidelines for solicitors provide more protection for public

Yesterday, a new set of guidelines setting out the principles solicitors should follow was released by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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26 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Law Society slams personal injury claims limit rise

The Law Society has criticised a government plan to raise the small claims limit for personal injury claims to 5,000 and stop compensation payments for road traffic minor soft tissue injuries.

Autumn Statement's proposed MoJ budget cuts are a 'big concern' - Bar Council

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25 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Autumn Statement's proposed MoJ budget cuts are a 'big concern' - Bar Council

Chairman of the Bar Council, Alistair MacDonald QC, responds to the Autumn Statement saying the proposed overall resource savings of 15% and a 50% cut in the department’s administrative budget must not leave people without access to justice.

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25 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Police Federation response to comprehensive spending review

Please find below the Police Federation's response to this afternoon's comprehensive spending review.

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25 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Autumn Statement 2015: How do we make sure access to justice is not restricted even further?

Ahead of the Autumn Statement and Spending Review,Chairman of the Bar Alistair MacDonald QCwarns against further cuts to the justice system.

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23 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Guidance for solicitors on working with transgender employees published in Transgender Awareness Week

The Law Society today publishes guidance for solicitors on good practice in working with transgender employees.

18 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Prisoner rehabilitation suffering due to understaffing

Writing for PoliticsHome after her visit to Aylesbury prison, shadow prisons minister Jenny Chapman reports on the overstretched prison officers struggling to provide rehabilitation to inmates.

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17 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Police would need 'significant firearms investment' to cope with Paris-style attacks

The specialist firearms capacity in police officers across England and Wales must be enhanced to deal effectively with Paris-style attacks, the Police Federation has warned.

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17 Nov 2015 Home affairs

Criminal court charges create 'perverse incentives' for the innocent to plead guilty - Bar Council

Ahead of today's commons debateBar Council chairman,AlistairMacDonaldQC, warns that the criminal courts charge 'is not in the interest of justice' and points to a lack of evidence as to whether the Government is on track to raise265million it proposed to bring by 2020.

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17 Nov 2015 Education

New taskforce set up to look at violence, harassment and hate crime affecting university students

A taskforce set up to look at violence, harassment and hate crime held its first meeting today.

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