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98% of probation workers have no confidence in Chris Grayling
Survey of probation workers reveals staggering level of distrust in the justice secretary and suggests a dangerous lack of morale in the service
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Assault, suicide and neglect: The reality of children behind bars
"Not enough has changed at HMYOI Hindley, two-and-a-half years on from my son dying."
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Protest outside Home Office as authorities clamp down on anti-detention movement
Activists will gather outside the Home Office tomorrow, as they respond to reports that authorities violently broke up a protest in a detention centre
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No need for revenge porn law, peers say
Current laws will do - but director of public prosecutions needs to offer new guidance
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Privatisation admission shows Grayling misled the Commons
New evidence emerges that Chris Grayling misled the Commons when he denied that a lottery system was used to move probation staff to private firms
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'Ripe for the courts': Emergency surveillance law faces legal challenge
Liberty initiates a legal challenge to the emergency surveillance legislation the government forced through the Commons last week
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Police forces spend millions subsidising gun owners
Government blocked plans to raise fees on guns.
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Grayling's 'discriminatory' legal aid test grinds to a halt
Thousands of legal documents and residency forms are withdrawn at the last minute, after Chris Grayling's plans to restrict legal aid to long-term British residents was blocked by the high court
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Emergency surveillance bill puts public at risk of cyber criminals
Customers' personal information could be more vulnerable to cybercrime if the emergency surveillance law is passed, industry experts warn
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Peers raise fears of Drip power-grab
Prospect of a Lords rebellion against the government's emergency surveillance law grows, after influential committee of peers raised concerns
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Devastating blow to Grayling as judges halt his legal aid reform
Humiliating blow as Chris Grayling is prevented from turning legal aid into "an instrument of discrimination" by judges
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As the reshuffle dominates headlines, May forces through surveillance bill
Government takes advantage of press attention on reshuffle to force through emergency surveillance legislation
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She lasted six days: Child abuse chair steps down over conflict of interest
The government's child abuse inquiry in danger of turning into a farce, after its chair steps down less than a week after being announced
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The price on love: Families' hopes dashed as court sides with May
Thousands of British families will be kept apart following a court decision which ruled it was legal to put an income requirement on people bringing foreign spouses to the UK
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Water cannon could be used against protesters within months
Weapons are now being adapted for use on London's streets.
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United in surveillance: The snooping stitch up
Conservativs, Labour and Lib Dems cast aside concerns about privacy with a secret deal allowing police and security agencies easy access to people's phone call data
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British hospitality: Commonwealth Games athletes will be tracked to make sure they leave
Athletes arriving in Britain for Commonwealth games will be tracked by authorities to make sure they leave the country "within their permitted time limits"
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The Benefits Tourism myth: Official study finds migrants 'have little impact' on welfare
Government study finds public perceptions of migrants are out of line with reality.
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High Court rules asylum detention programme is unlawful
Damning judgement attacks lack of access to lawyers and inclusion of torture victims in controversial programme
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'Good investigative journalism takes courage': Andy Coulson sent to prison
Andy Coulson and his fellow defendants are fiercely criticised by a judge, as the phone-hacking trial ends with prison sentences
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