All articles by: David Hencke

Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary, has dumped one of the worst performing criminal courts in England and Wales on the new devolved Greater Manchester regional authority.

Civil servants at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are planning to go to arbitration as the organisation stands accused of targeting black, disabled and ethnic minority staff by …

Nicky Morgan, Education Secretary and minister for women and equalities, has defied Parliament and appointed a millionaire lawyer to chair the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

A senior civil servant will be given a fresh chance on May 3 to explain the more than £1 billion of criminal assets that should have been seized by the …

A Japanese private rail company has been given approval by the British Government to bid for rail franchises in an attempt to increase foreign ­competitors seeking to run the UK’s …

Cabinet Office ministers are planning to hand out £1 billion of other people’s unclaimed money and pensions next year to “good causes” to alleviate the cuts to services being implemented …

A major row has broken out between Parliament and the Government over the appointment of a new chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Theresa May’s claim that “crime doesn’t pay” has been totally undermined by public spending cuts targeting trained financial investigators employed to confiscate the assets of wealthy criminals.

European Union law is blocking Parliament’s spending watchdog from scrutinising banks and finance companies to see if they are now properly protecting consumers in the wake of one of the …

The public body that investigates thousands of complaints against solicitors and barristers for mishandling conveyancing and personal injury cases has paid out more than £1 million in unauthorised benefits to …

The Home Office has ditched a so-called “simple guide” advising millions of private landlords how to check the immigrant status of all their tenants just 15 days before the scheme …

The Department of Health is planning to raise £780 million by substantially increasing compulsory inspection fees by the Care Quality Commission for all health and social care services provided by …

A damning criticism of George Osborne’s strategy to make huge savings by relying on new technology to replace civil servants is revealed in two reports by the National Audit Office.

Big swings to Labour are being reported in a number of council by-elections since Jeremy Corbyn became leader of the party.

A top civil servant at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills tried to stop a £1.7 million payment to redundant apprentices thrown out of jobs by the closure of …