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Managing change in the Defence workforce

9 February 2012 | No comments

The Ministry of Defence, under pressure to make rapid financial savings, is significantly reducing the size of its workforce, by over 54,000 personnel.

Hampshire questions Minister on Police and Crime Commissioners

7 February 2012 | No comments

Policing Minister Nick Herbert visits Portsmouth today to promote the arrival of Police and Crime Commissioners later this year.

Police reform is working

30 January 2012 | No comments

The government’s radical programme will leave us with a police force that is answerable to the public and transformed in its ability to fight crime, the Home Secretary said today.

Police and Fire Reform Bill

17 January 2012 | No comments

Single police and fire and rescue services in Scotland will bring local services to the heart of communities, the Justice Secretary said today.

New data published on justice reform

12 January 2012 | No comments

A new set of court statistics published today supports the case for a comprehensive reform programme across the justice system.

The British Way of Strategy-Making: Vital Lessons For Our Times

26 October 2011 | No comments

The UK can no longer make effective national defence strategy as it once did, and the National Security Council (NSC) currently lacks the method and institutional frame to address future security threats,

New police guidance on disorder

16 August 2011 | No comments

Police in England and Wales are to be given new information on dealing with outbreaks of disorder, Theresa May has announced today.

Police Federation reaction to PM’s speech on changing the way the police work

15 August 2011 | No comments

Paul McKeever, Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales says;

Gang advice sought from American ‘supercop’

12 August 2011 | No comments

The man described as “America’s most fearsome policeman” is to be taken on board by the UK government to offer advice to politicians on how to tackle gang culture.

MOD’s 2nd PUS discusses Defence Reform

10 August 2011 | No comments

Dr Liam Fox responds to Defence Committee report on SDSR

3 August 2011 | No comments

Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox and Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir David Richards have responded to today’s publication of the House of Commons Defence Committee’s report into the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and the National Security Strategy (NSS).

MPs publish report on Strategic Defence and Security Review

3 August 2011 | No comments

The Defence Committee is not convinced that, given the current financial climate and the drawdown of capabilities arising from the Strategic Defence and Security Review, UK Armed Forces will be able do what is asked of them after 2015.

Defence equipment budget rises as Future Force takes shape

18 July 2011 | No comments

The Government today committed to increasing the planned MOD equipment budget by over £3bn during the Spending Review period after 2015 to fund vital future military equipment.

Prison closures make mockery of government commitment to rehabilitation

15 July 2011 | No comments

UCU said today that government plans to shut Latchmere and Brockhill prisons in September and transfer a further eight into the private sector made a mockery of the government’s supposed commitment to the rehabilitation of prisoners

Government responds to the Munro Review of Child Protection

13 July 2011 | No comments

Ministers write to health, police, education and early years’ services setting out plans for reform.

Police (Detention and Bail) Bill passed

12 July 2011 | No comments

The Police (Detention and Bail) Bill completed all its stages in the House of Lords this afternoon. The Bill reverses a recent High Court decision on the maximum period of detention of a suspect on bail.

The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review has radically changed the Carrier Strike concept

7 July 2011 | No comments

The National Audit Office has expressed deep concern about risks to value for money from the changes to the aircraft carrier and associated Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft project made in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR).