August
Statement by Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor Jack Straw on POA strike
29 August 2007
The strike action by the Prison Officers' Association is deeply regrettable and wholly unjustifiable. We have been actively trying to engage with the POA through talks and regular meetings and yet this action came without warning. Ministers have met with the POA on a regular basis in recent weeks and were due to meet next month. Indeed at my request yesterday my office asked for a meeting with senior officers of the POA.
Jack Straw welcomes black gang violence initiative
20 August 2007
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Rt Hon Jack Straw MP today welcomed an initiative to draft in black mentors to work with youths at risk of being sucked into inner city gang violence.
New director of communications
14 August 2007
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has appointed a new director of communications.
Statistics on mortgage and landlord possession actions in the county courts second quarter 2007
03 August 2007
These figures show the numbers of mortgage and landlord possession actions in the county courts of England and Wales for the second quarter of 2007.
New prisons for London and Liverpool
02 August 2007
The National Offender Management Service announced today two competitions for the provision of new prisons at Maghull in Liverpool and Belmarsh West in South London.
Justice minister praises work of galleries of justice
01 August 2007
Justice minister David Hanson today visited the Nottingham Galleries of Justice to see the work of the National Centre for Citizenship and Law (NCCL).