
Police recruitment programme going well
The National Audit Office finds that the Government is on course to achieve its target of recruiting 20,000 additional police officers by 2023.
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The National Audit Office finds that the Government is on course to achieve its target of recruiting 20,000 additional police officers by 2023.

What does the government promise to do to tackle racial and ethnic disparities in the justice arena?

Government decides to give Police and Crime Commissioners more powers.

New Police Foundation report into future of policing proposes most fundamental reform for a generation

Three police services are using SmartWater, a forensic liquid which shows up under ultraviolet light, to protect women from domestic abuse perpetrators and stalkers.

Key facts from the 2020/21 Home Office Annual report including budgets, recruitment etc.

What does the 2021 drugs plan say about tackling crime?

London’s Women’s Diversion Scheme successful in diverting women from the criminal justice system.

Joint inspection finds that thousands of people with a mental illness are coming into the criminal justice system each year but their needs are being missed at every stage.

MoJ study explores the role of the Internet in radicalisation and offending of 235 convicted extremists in England and Wales.

New StreetSafe tool helps people, particularly women and girls, anonymously flag areas where they don’t feel safe.

Coronavirus ‘weaponised’ by some domestic abusers as a new tool of control, and – in some cases – as an excuse or defence for abuse or homicide.