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Today the Sentencing Council has published a new definitive guideline on drug offences. It will bring sentencing guidance together for the first time to help to ensure consistent and proportionate sentencing for all drug offences that come before courts in England and Wales

Concerns that inappropriate relationships represented endemic failings in police integrity are not borne out by the evidence available to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). However, HMIC’s review published today does not give the Police Service a clean bill of health

HMP Wormwood Scrubs faces many challenges as a large, local urban prison, but has made some welcome progress, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection of the local west London jail

 

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In a report released today, the Home Affairs Select Committee highlighted concerns over a lack of an evidence based approach to student visas policy (July 26th)

 

Spending on the police is up by 50 per cent over last decade, a new report claims

 

   
Responding to the Science for All Expert Group, Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson said:

 

The NFU is urging government to back proposals that will make it harder for stolen metal to be sold at scrapyards

 

Police custody provision in Hammersmith and Fulham needed to see some improvements, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary, publishing the report of an inspection into custody suites in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

 

Home Secretary Theresa May has confirmed that following allegations over the weekend there will be an immediate and thorough investigation into the UK Border Force

 

Immigration Minister Damian Green has set out a plan for supporting victims and better intelligence and enforcement in the UK and abroad, to prevent people being trafficked to the UK (July 19th)

 

Hooligans will be banned from London 2012 football matches north and south of the border, under  new powers

 
Policy priorities of the UK Statistics Authority To: Leaders of major UK political parties
 

Tackling anti-social behaviour should be the top priority for new directly elected police commissioners, according to a survey carried out one year ahead of elections being held across England and Wales

 
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