Wandsworth prison ’emblematic of a system running on fumes’

by Staff Writer | Aug 7, 2024 | Briefing

A CATASTROPHIC inspection of HMP Wandsworth in May led Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to write to the then Secretary of State invoking an Urgent Notification for improvement. The full report from that inspection, now released, details the extent of the...

Archbishop of Canterbury statement on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

by Staff Writer | Aug 4, 2024 | Briefing

FOLLOWING the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Archbishop of Canterbury has urged governments around the world to reverse the “deeply damaging trend” of upholding...

Chancellor’s commitment to fiscal rules holds back needed investment

by Staff Writer | Jul 30, 2024 | Briefing

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves made a statment to the House of Commons on 29 July, in which she pledged to “restore economic stability” and said she would take “difficult decisions” to find £5.5 billion of savings this year, and £8.1 billion next year. The...

Rates of self-harm and violence soar in prisons in England and Wales

by Staff Writer | Jul 26, 2024 | Briefing

RATES of self-harm and assaults are soaring in prisons, reveals the latest statistical bulletin published by the Ministry of Justice. Prisons recorded 73,804 incidents of self-harm in the 12 months to the end of March 2024, at a rate of one every seven minutes. In the...

Socio-economic duty of Equality Act should be included in King’s Speech

by Staff Writer | Jul 16, 2024 | Briefing

SECTION 1 of The Equality Act 2010 introduced a socio-economic duty on public bodies, requiring them to make decisions, “in a way that is designed to reduce the inequalities of outcome which result from socio-economic disadvantage.” After the 2010 election, the...