The Party cannot afford to keep indulging in tough rhetoric on ‘culture war’ issues if it isn’t prepared to drive proper legislative and organisational change.
It will be difficult and controversial but do nothing substantial about our relationship with the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Government’s approach is unlikely to bring out the best from those upon whom it depends to get things done.
Today’s announcement will bring total taxpayer funding for criminal defence to £1.2 billion a year, the largest amount for a decade.
After a stumbling start, the Government is heading in the right direction on human rights reform. But there remains much to do.
For lots of women, their ‘insecure’ immigration status means their abuser can deport them, should they blow the whistle.
The first in a mini-series of articles on ConservativeHome this week about prisons, policy and reform.
The Chancellor will have have more money to play with than was forecast. How he uses these additional resources will tell us a great deal about his priorities.
Some £18 billion a year is incurred as a cost to the taxpayer as a result of reoffending.
It seems they are more interested in gender identity than the concerns that have been raised in women’s prisons.
The court’s verdict should encourage Johnson to stop the practice of public bodies pledging allegiance to Stonewall.
The family courts’ approach to domestic abuse remains much the same as twenty years ago, and the system is stacked against survivors.
A contest exists between traditional common lawyers, who believe the constitution exists (in their minds), and modernisers including myself.
The Lord Chancellor post could be returned to the Lords – and once again become both a senior judge and a Cabinet member at once.
As a Government, we’re clear that everyone deserves swift access to justice, no matter who they are or where they are.