Shabana Mahmood said January saw the highest average monthly growth of the prison population in almost two years as she re-enacted the move.

The Lord Chancellor's powers to appoint judges and Queen's Counsels appeared to be under fresh threat today following the "cash for wigs" affair. Lord Irvine has been accused of "damaging the ...

The row was triggered after the Sentencing Council, which advises judges and magistrates on the complexities of prison terms ...

Your weekly update on the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: record courts ...

The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, is set to get a £90,000-a-year pension when he retires, it was disclosed today. The Sun, under the front page headline "Insult", said that Lord Irvine would also ...

Lord William Hague vowed to champion free speech and warned against “comfort blankets of cancellation” as he was officially admitted as the 160th Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment and reappointments of Parole Board Members. The Lord Chancellor has approved the ...

In a letter to the independent body, the Lord Chancellor said she “must make clear my displeasure” at the changes, adding: “I do not stand for differential treatment before the law like this.” The ...

Politics can be a steep learning curve. Case has filled Court 15 of the Rolls Building for more than four months. Cutting ...

Universities must not be “comfort blankets of cancellation”, Lord Hague insisted in his inaugural speech as the new chancellor of Oxford University. The former Conservative Party leader ...