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...ison and probation services and replace a number of legacy systems currently being used.They are now unlikely to be replaced as justice minister Jack Straw has announced that probation...
Prisons 'undermined' inspections
...d the decision to return Wardally to his cell.A report into transfers from Brixton prison is due to be published this week and justice secretary Jack Straw has called for a review of tr...
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Perhaps the PM should listen to his new crime adviser before he talks 'zero tolerance'?
...o I would stay away from use of the term. It sounds great. Politically it’s a great catchphrase. The term originated here in England when Jack Straw, as Shadow Home Secretary, vi...
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Tyrie and Straw call for select committee rule reform
...rutiny”. The reform proposal was supported by former Labour minister Jack Straw, who said that in some areas...ure that all the contracts reached are opened up to public scrutiny”.Straw agreed that it is important t...
Cameron outlines plan to reform Parliament
...an and woman in the street."Cameron also proposed publishing the expenses claims of all public servants earning more than £150,000.In response, Jack Straw said it was "good to see the...
Features
Straw's special advisers 'stress free'
...his special advisers enjoy working for him. Jack Straw was responding to a written q...hadow, Dominic Grieve. Grieve asked whether Straw's special advisers signed wai...waivers to opt out of the 48 hour restriction.Straw replied: "I am told that wo...
Special_report
...ved on to work for MPs John Denham and Glenda Jackson. Her experience as a polit...secretary, Des Browne. MINISTRY OF JUSTICE JACK STRAW, SECRETARY OF STATE AND LORD CHANCELLOR Special Advisers Mark DaviesStraw’s special adviser for the l...
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Standards in probation have worsened, leaving the public at risk, inspectors have foundStandards in probation have worsened, leaving the public at risk, inspectors have found.A review by HM's Inspectorate of Probation was commissioned after Dano Sonnex was jailed this summer for the murder of two...
Tags: jack straw, maria eagle, national offender management service (noms), probation
Prisons 'undermined' inspections
Prison managers who swapped difficult prisoners ahead of inspections face disciplinary actionPrison managers who swapped difficult prisoners ahead of inspections face disciplinary action.Dame Anne Owers, the chief inspector of prisons, has revealed how managers at Wandsworth and Pentonville Priso...
Tags: anne owers, jack straw, phil wheatley, dominic grieve, dismissal and redundancy, public sector pay and conditions, hm inspectorate of prisons