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Criminal justice ratings ‘crucial’ but ‘not user friendly’

Scorecards showing the performance of police and prosecutors around the country are a “crucial” tool but are “missing important data” and are “not the most user friendly”, according to campaigners. The Government has started publishing the ratings ...

25 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Watchdogs raise ‘serious concerns’ over performance of criminal justice system

The criminal justice system continues to operate at “unacceptable levels” in England and Wales and is far from recovering after the “shock” of the coronavirus pandemic, watchdogs have warned. Four top inspectors joined forces to express their ...

17 May 2022 at 01:25

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Magilligan prisoners’ writing skills recognised in UK-wide competition

Prisoners at Magilligan have picked up a record 28 creative writing awards in the annual Koestler Arts competition. Koestler Arts is UK prison arts charity, which encourages people in the criminal justice system to change their lives by ...

13 Oct 2023 at 09:33

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Officers’ attendance at court ‘saps away’ capacity to tackle crime, says chief

The justice system must improve efficiency to ensure police officers are able to tackle more crimes, the Chief Constable of Police Scotland has said. Appearing before Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday, Jo Farrell said ...

11 Sept 2024 at 16:53

CPS boss vows better support for crime victims amid justice delays

Delays in the criminal justice system are “probably worse than I’ve ever known them to be”, the country’s top prosecutor said as he vowed better support for victims. Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson said his “highest ...

05 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Multi-million pound pledge to fund victim support services

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has promised to spend more than £440 million on victim support services over the next three years. The announcement comes as the Government prepares to publish more criminal justice scorecards, looking ...

25 Mar 2022 at 06:55

Four police officers under investigation after innocent man jailed

Four ex-police officers involved in the conviction of an innocent man who was jailed for 17 years for a rape he did not commit are now under investigation, watchdogs have said. And one of the former officers is under criminal ...

04 Oct 2024 at 18:08

Judges launch bid to bring ‘very old’ rape cases to trial in coming months

Judges have launched a bid to bring “very old” rape cases to trial within the next five months, a senior judge has said. Lord Justice Edis, the senior presiding judge for England and Wales, has announced a bid to target 181 ...

06 Mar 2024 at 06:46

Fact check: New sentencing guidelines were written by independent body

The Conservative Party claimed that the Prime Minister supports a change to the guidelines about when courts should ask for a so-called pre-sentencing report. Writing on social media, the party said: “Keir Starmer wants to ...

07 Mar 2025 at 15:18

Lammy says jury trials ‘fundamental’ ahead of expected reforms to limit them

Justice Secretary David Lammy stressed that juries remain “fundamental” as he is expected to set out plans to curb their use in a bid to tackle the backlog in the courts. Mr Lammy, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, will ...

02 Dec 2025 at 10:36

Justice Secretary to set out reforms to tackle ‘courts emergency’

Plans to free up crown courts to deal with serious crimes swiftly and hand more support to victims are set to be announced by the Justice Secretary as part of efforts to tackle the “courts emergency”. David Lammy, who ...

02 Dec 2025 at 10:00

Jury trials to be scrapped in some cases in bid to tackle court backlog

Jury trials in some cases will be scrapped and so-called “swift courts” set up in England and Wales, the Justice Secretary has announced. Currently jury trials make up 3% of cases but this will be curbed further as ...

02 Dec 2025 at 16:57

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