On the 200-year anniversary of the Peterloo massacre Labour and Cooperative Member of Parliament for Manchester Central Lucy Powell MP reflects on the modern challenges to democracy. 

The Home Office has been cordoned off as police investigate a stabbing.

The Home Office has been condemned as "offensive" after it launched a plan to combat knife crime by placing anti-weapon messages on fried chicken boxes.

Only when we end overcrowding, invest in services and transform prisons into places of rehabilitation can we break the cycle of reoffending that creates hundreds of new victims every day, says Lord Marks. 

Boris Johnson should use his new police funding pledge to reverse the "collapse" of community policing, a former senior officer has said.

Anti-Brexit politicians hoping to use the courts to stop Boris Johnson from shutting down Parliament will get a chance to make their case in September, it has been confirmed.

Boris Johnson has announced £100 million of funding as part of a bid to crack down on crime inside prisons.

Boris Johnson has been handed a boost after a poll found that nearly three in four Brits back his plan to give the police greater stop-and-search powers.

Downing Street has accused Diane Abbott of being “ideologically opposed” to tackling offenders as the shadow home secretary hit out at the Government’s fresh criminal justice plans.

Boris Johnson has ordered an urgent review of sentencing policy, saying “the punishment must truly fit the crime” for offenders.

Boris Johnson has unveiled £2.5bn of funding for new prison places and given the go-ahead for more police use of stop-and-search powers as he vowed to "come down hard on crime".

Boris Johnson is expected to unveil plans to increase the number of places in British prisons amid concern overcrowding is hampering rehabilitation efforts.

In every sector, project professionals will be tasked with delivering the future and realising the benefits promised by new technologies, says David Thomson is Head of External Affairs at the Association for Project Management (APM).

The lengthy letter sent to carers explaining their benefit fails to inform them of the 'essential fact' that earning £1 over the earnings threshold will lose them their week’s entitlement, writes Frank Field MP. 

MPs must be given more access to sensitive information as part of a “fundamental” shift towards making sure they sign off on any military action, a cross-party committee has said.

Boris Johnson has been criticised for insisting that the latest cash boost for the NHS is “new money” amid claims that hospitals had already earned some of it by making cuts.

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

Ministers have come under fire for pledging five times as much money towards no-deal “propaganda” as they have promised to help councils prepare for a no-deal Brexit.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has said she wants offenders to be “fearful” of committing any criminal activity.

Sarah Wollaston has slammed "crass" Tory whips for ordering her out of her Commons office while she is caring for an ill relative.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has been slapped down by Number 10 after suggesting some suspects in rape cases should remain anonymous until they are charged.

Suspects accused of serious crimes, including sex offences, should be granted anonymity if they have a reputation to protect, according to the Justice Secretary.

Leendert Den Hollander, Vice President and General Manager at Coca-Cola European Partners GB, discusses the business’ commitment to invest in its operations and people across the country.

Follow all the latest announcements as newly elected Conservative leader Boris Johnson forms his new government.