Tag Archives: Ministry of Justice

Blue lights are not the whole picture

Posted on February 28, 2018 by ianchisnall

On Monday in the House of Commons, Patrick McLoughlin MP asked a question during the session with the Home Secretary. His question was: “What progress is being made in bringing together the work of the police service and the fire … Continue reading →

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Will this Phoenix achieve a good outcome?

Posted on February 1, 2018 by ianchisnall

According to this press release  published last week, the Government has chosen to create a new facilities management company to enable the Ministry of Justice to continue to operate despite the failure of Carillion. The new company will allow around 1,000 … Continue reading →

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Time to re-open Childrens Centres?

Posted on October 25, 2017 by ianchisnall

At the end of the tenure of the Labour Government in 2010 there were 3,631 childrens centres across the UK. By April 2017 that number had dropped by a dramatic 1,240 according to this article in the Guardian. The benefit … Continue reading →

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Youth justice needs more of our attention

Posted on July 22, 2017 by ianchisnall

In December 2016, the number of young people detained in custody by the Criminal Justice System amounted to 829 people. This was a historically low number. Since that point the number detained has sadly risen by over 12% to 927. … Continue reading →

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A record high – we should be ashamed of

Posted on May 3, 2017 by ianchisnall

The latest Government statistic shows that on at least one measure this Government has completely failed one vulnerable group in our society. Tragically they are people whose predicament is of little concern to the current Government and unlike the nurses … Continue reading →

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Michael Gove is right

Posted on October 13, 2015 by ianchisnall

The above phrase is one I never expected to write, and yet this morning I wrote the following blog endorsing the statements of the Justice Secretary. However during the day the news cycle brought us an update which is that … Continue reading →

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Access to justice

Posted on September 21, 2015 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday an important Parliamentary debate took place in Westminster Hall allowing a few MPs to discuss how Justice is being denied to local people as a result of cost cutting and a failure to work in a creative manner. Sadly this debate … Continue reading →

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Do we have Hi-Steria?

Posted on July 1, 2014 by ianchisnall

There was a disturbing headline in yesterdays Guardian on the write off of £56M by the Ministry of Justice, on a system to coordinate some of the records of its 90,000 employees that was apparently already late and over budget. The total … Continue reading →

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The awful trial of Nigel Evans

Posted on April 13, 2014 by ianchisnall

As news broke of the outcome of the Court Case in Preston Crown Court on Thursday, a string of MPs found themselves near microphones giving interviews about how badly Mr Evans had been treated by the system which they between … Continue reading →

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