Government should embrace a range of solutions to decarbonise heat in future homes with a focus on achieving set emission reduction targets rather than prescribing technologies, says OFTEC in its response to the recent Future Homes Standard consultation.

The Justice Secretary, the Solicitor General and Chair of the Bar Council have today given their backing to helping young people better understand justice and law. 

Priti Patel to unveil eight-week process at the Chiefs’ summit.

People who assault police officers should face longer stints behind bars, Priti Patel has suggested.

Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor has called for Labour’s Tom Watson to be denied a peerage after a long-running inquiry found no evidence of a VIP paedophile ring operating in Westminster.

Ministers will have to spend an extra £54bn on public services if they are serious about ending austerity, a leading think tank has said.

David Steel has resigned from the Lib Dems and quit the House of Lords in the wake of criticism at his handling of allegations of child abuse against Cyril Smith.

Westminster’s political parties turned a “blind eye” to child abuse and instead sought to protect MPs from prosecution, a damning public inquiry has found.

Emergency legislation to block the automatic early release of convicted terrorists will become law by the end of this week after being rushed through Parliament.

Hundreds of social media accounts had to be shut down last year because they were being used inside prisons, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Britain's top civil servant has described a major Whitehall row with Priti Patel as a "distraction", as he ordered an end to "unattributable" media briefings by government officials.

Boris Johnson has expressed his "full confidence" in Home Secretary Priti Patel amid claims she had been cut out of intelligence briefings.

Federation reacts as IOPC backs out of gross misconduct which saw officers left in limbo for almost seven years.

The owners of venues in the UK could be legally required to introduce measures to protect them from terrorism under new plans by the Home Office.

Priti Patel has ordered a leak inquiry into a number of “hostile briefings” accusing her of bullying officials and losing the trust of MI5 on security issues.

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

Boris Johnson last night released a photograph of himself posing with new blue post-Brexit British passport.

Only 13% jailed with average sentence less than 12 weeks.

A major Whitehall trade union has urged the government to urgently introduce an independent complaints procedure for civil servants after Home Secretary Priti Patel was accused of "bullying" her staff.

John McDonnell has been attacked for “deeply offensive” comments by comparing Julian Assange to a falsely persecuted Jewish soldier.

The Bar Council have responded to today’s criminal justice system quarterly statistics from the Ministry of Justice. 

A forthcoming almighty constitutional row, questionable reshuffles and defending the judiciary, the more things change, the more they stay the same for Lord Falconer.

Priti Patel has been accused of creating an “atmosphere of fear” inside the Home Office as it was claimed she tried to remove her most senior civil servant from his job.

The Government has finally revealed the details of its post-EU points-based system for immigration, including the removal of any sort of route to the UK for “unskilled” workers.