Gypsies and Travellers who have stopped travelling due to old age, ill-health, educational needs or being disabled are being forgotten in planning authorities’ site allocation processes following changes to policy definitions, the UK’s equality body has warned.

Ministers will reintroduce a bill aimed at tackling the “horrific crime” of domestic abuse next month, Boris Johnson has confirmed.

Cabinet minister Kwasi Kwarteng has risked reigniting a major Conservative row after he suggested judges may be biased over Brexit.

A no-deal Brexit could lead to a shortage of fresh food and medicine in the UK, according to government documents.

International students will be able to stay in the UK for two years after graduating to look for a job, ministers have announced, in a reversal of changes put in place by Theresa May.

The Bar Council has appointed Piran Dhillon-Starkings as Advisor to the Chair of the Bar, following Mark Hatcher’s decision to leave the Bar Council to devote more time to his role as Reader of the Temple.

This has been a parliament of obscene self-indulgence. Never has a general election been more welcome, writes Tony Grew

Improving people’s knowledge of the justice system in England and Wales will be at the heart of next year’s “Justice Week”, which will run from 24 February 2020.

New research from CMI shows that under 1 in 5 employees are using their statutory right to request flexible working.

Those who abuse the media must be publicly shamed, and even targeted with sanctions by the FCO, even if they are governments, writes Foreign Affairs Select Committee Chair, Tom Tugendhat MP. 

From employment to accessing public services, intersex people experience discrimination. The Government must strengthen equality law in the area of protection of sex characteristics, says Baroness Barker.

The Bar Council, which represents all barristers in England and Wales, is launching an anti-bullying and harassment online tool that will be available for barristers this autumn.

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

A senior police chief has joined in the criticism of Boris Johnson for using officers as the "backdrop" to a major speech.

Boris Johnson has been accused of using the police as a "political stunt" during a speech on Brexit.

The government is proposing policies that will keep families apart and put young people in serious danger – this must not be allowed, writes Lord Dubs

The government’s recruitment plans are a promising start but must deliver a genuine uplift of new officers, warns the National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales.

For three years victims, campaigners and parliamentarians have worked to create a Domestic Abuse Bill that will save lives. But the legislative vehicle has once again failed some of the country’s most vulnerable people, writes Jess Phillips

Bar Council call for a longer term vision of how public confidence in tackling crime can be restored.

Ashdown House School has been forced to apologise and reinstate pupil for unlawful exclusion.

A group of Tory peers will launch a bid to block the no-deal bill when it reaches the House of Lords by laying down a series of wrecking amendments.

Sajid Javid will need to find an extra £5billion to pay for a host of government pledges in the spending review, according to a leading think tank.

NFB Responds to news that the Government has brought in new rules requiring all local authorities in England to publish full details of how much money they receive from developers to fund local infrastructure.

Our sheep industry is a national success story and a way of life for tens of thousands. But a no deal Brexit would put it under serious threat, writes Jenny Chapman