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The Latest Breaking News from Ministry of Justice

Court security staff vote for strike action as barristers’ walk-out continues

At least 1,700 cases have already been disrupted by barristers’ strikes

The Independent UK

Growing pains: Our outdated adoption laws

Our almost 70-year-old adoption laws are under review and there are calls for changes to make it easier for adopted children to reconnect with their biological family.

Newsroom.co.nz

No10 makes new Government appointments as Boris Johnson stays as caretaker PM

The new faces in government come after Mr Johnson carried out a Cabinet reshuffle

Evening Standard

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Tory MP ‘who asked alleged Pincher victim if he was gay’ made minister

Sarah Dines said to have told the accuser his case was not ‘straightforward’ based on his sexuality

The Independent UK

Right-wing backbencher Peter Bone given UK Government role amid shake-up

FURTHER UK Government posts have been filled after dozens of ministers threw in the towel in protest against Boris Johnson's leadership.

The National (Scotland)

HMP Hindley expansion plan to house hundreds more inmates set to be given green light

“The prison population is currently forecast to increase over the next 10 years, reaching unprecedented levels by the end of the decade."

Manchester Evening News

Vandal goes on wrecking spree 'smashing up' cars belonging to staff outside Forest Bank prison

Three cars belonging to staff members were damaged on Sunday - police are investigating

Manchester Evening News

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Government departures since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister

The list includes 10 Cabinet ministers.

The Independent UK

Full list of government departures over Boris Johnson’s leadership

Here is a list of the all the 59 MPs who have resigned or been sacked since Tuesday evening.

The Independent UK

Barristers threaten to sue government as strike continues to wreak havoc with courts

At least 700 court cases were disrupted by the first two days of a continuing strike over legal aid

The Independent UK

The 44 people who have left Boris Johnson's Government, so far

The equivalent figure for the whole of Theresa May’s premiership was 52

Wales Online

Departures from government since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister

As of 10pm on July 6 2022, there have been 66 departures since July 2019.

The Independent UK

Criminal courts face disruption as barristers strike for second week

Members of the Criminal Bar Association have walked out in a dispute over pay and conditions.

The Independent UK

London lawyers refuse legal aid jobs in dispute over fees

Cases rejected include assaults on health workers and harrassment offences

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The Independent UK

New UK ‘bill of rights’ exempts government from free speech protections

Government policies to crack down on protest and other speech exempted from new laws

Daily Mirror

Arts centre near prison to be turned into hostel for newly-released inmates

Residents are protesting using the Old Governor's House, in west London, for newly released prisoners as it's near a school and ex-cons have already been bothering girls in the area

The Independent UK

At least 700 court cases disrupted in first two days of barristers’ strike as action set to escalate

Three days of action are due to take place next week, as some trials delayed until 2023

Evening Standard

Barristers vow to continue strike action and claim 15% pay offer is ‘nothing new’

The Criminal Bar Association says it will take years - late 2023 or 2024 - for any new payments on new instructions to land

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Newsroom.co.nz

Year-long delay on hate crime reform unexplained

The Royal Commission recommended hate crime laws be rewritten in December 2020 but it took officials more than a year to report to ministers.

Liverpool Echo

Evil killer who murdered Helen McCourt dies taking final resting place to grave

Ian Simms, 64, strangled 22-year-old Helen McCourt as she walked home

Daily Mirror

Ex-pub boss who murdered Helen McCourt dies without revealing where he hid her body

Former pub landlord Ian Simms, 66, strangled 22-year-old Helen McCourt as she walked home from work in 1988 - but never revealed where her body is

The Guardian - UK

‘I wouldn’t have the money to pay a lawyer’: tenants left without means to sue rogue landlords

New rules on fixed recoverable legal costs mean solicitors will no longer be able to afford to take on housing cases

Manchester Evening News

Environmental health officials are called to Forest Bank prison as it is 'infested with rats'

One former inmate says fellow lags were given free Dominos pizza to clean the kitchen while other prisoners made 'rodent excluders' from socks and loo roll to keep unwelcome visitors at bay

The Guardian - UK

Court support service under threat as Ministry of Justice pulls funding

Exclusive: Support Through Court, which helps people unable to afford lawyers, warns of ‘devastating impact’

The Guardian - UK

Inquiry urged into ‘parental alienation’ court experts

Lawyers and MPs in England and Wales express concern over ‘unregulated’ psychologists who play key role in disputes over domestic abuse

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