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Consumer protection under the DMCCA: progress and priorities

Consumer protection under the DMCCA: progress and priorities

Friday, 13 February 2026

Speech delivered by Emma Cochrane, Acting Executive Director, Consumer Protection at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)....

Five new teams in Anglia to protect waterways from pollution

Five new teams in Anglia to protect waterways from pollution

Friday, 13 February 2026

Largest ever enforcement workforce protecting waterways from pollution including five new teams for the Anglian area....

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Seven new teams in the South East protect rivers from pollution

Seven new teams in the South East protect rivers from pollution

Friday, 13 February 2026

Largest ever enforcement workforce protecting waterways from pollution includes seven new teams for the South East...

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Record year of drug seizures made by Border Force

Record year of drug seizures made by Border Force

Thursday, 12 February 2026

Border Force and police seizures of ketamine and cannabis at all-time high and Border Force ramps up the return of foreign smugglers. ...

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Certification Officer: Announcements

Certification Officer: Announcements

Thursday, 12 February 2026

General announcements and latest decisions of the Certification Officer...

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Tougher rules on political interference to keep UK elections secure

Tougher rules on political interference to keep UK elections secure

Thursday, 12 February 2026

Foreign actors will no longer be able to use their money to interfere in the UK’s elections, as part of the biggest expansion of democratic participat...

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Every child caught with a knife to get tailored support

Every child caught with a knife to get tailored support

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Every child caught carrying a knife in England and Wales will be given a mandatory targeted plan to stop them reoffending and protect the public. ...

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Largest ever enforcement workforce protecting waterways from pollution

Largest ever enforcement workforce protecting waterways from pollution

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Environment Agency water enforcement team increases by almost fivefold since 2023...

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Free legal advice to be provided to victims of sexual offences perpetrated by military personnel for the first time

Free legal advice to be provided to victims of sexual offences perpetrated by military personnel for the first time

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

New Independent Legal Advocacy scheme will provide free, independent legal advice to victim-survivors of rape and sexual offences committed by Service...

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Victims of serious and sexual crime to receive better protection and support in Armed Forces justice reforms

Victims of serious and sexual crime to receive better protection and support in Armed Forces justice reforms

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Victims of serious and sexual crimes to receive improved guidance and support in the Service Justice System ...

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Essex arrests in waste crime probe

Essex arrests in waste crime probe

Tuesday, 10 February 2026

999 call sees 2 held, and lorry and devices seized. Latest arrests in Environment Agency purge on illegal waste ...

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Prisons and Probation Ombudsman reappointment

Prisons and Probation Ombudsman reappointment

Tuesday, 10 February 2026

The Lord Chancellor has approved the reappointment of Adrian Usher as Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. ...

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Community energy investment to build community wealth and power

Community energy investment to build community wealth and power

Monday, 09 February 2026

Biggest ever public investment in community energy will cut bills and create revenue for community centres, social clubs and places of worship....

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Hong Kongers offered new lives as UK expands safe and legal routes

Hong Kongers offered new lives as UK expands safe and legal routes

Monday, 09 February 2026

Government expands Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route....

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Foreign Secretary responds to Jimmy Lai sentencing

Foreign Secretary responds to Jimmy Lai sentencing

Monday, 09 February 2026

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper responds to the sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong today....

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Three countries to take back illegal migrants after visa threat

Three countries to take back illegal migrants after visa threat

Friday, 06 February 2026

Illegal migrants and criminals from 3 African countries will be deported following a threat by the Home Secretary to shut down their visas to Britain....

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Government leads global fight against deepfake threats

Government leads global fight against deepfake threats

Thursday, 05 February 2026

Government collaborates with Microsoft and other world leading technology companies to create a framework which will identify gaps in deepfake detecti...

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UK business factory linked to registration of thousands of companies for China based clients is shut down

UK business factory linked to registration of thousands of companies for China based clients is shut down

Thursday, 05 February 2026

Companies wound-up in the public interest following Insolvency Service investigations...

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Children to get swifter justice thanks to renewed Victims’ Code

Children to get swifter justice thanks to renewed Victims’ Code

Thursday, 05 February 2026

Government will work with children to create the first ever child-friendly version of the Victims' Code...

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MOT fraudsters handed suspended sentences for untested vehicles

MOT fraudsters handed suspended sentences for untested vehicles

Wednesday, 04 February 2026

An MOT tester and mechanic have been ordered to do up to 300 hours of unpaid work and face prison if they reoffend after passing 223 vehicles they nev...

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New prison houseblocks?under construction to keep streets safe? 

New prison houseblocks?under construction to keep streets safe? 

Tuesday, 03 February 2026

HMP Northumberland will gain four new houseblocks, boosting its capacity by 240 places, in the latest Government step to make streets safer. ...

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Dangerous extremists face “supermax” style restrictions behind bars

Dangerous extremists face “supermax” style restrictions behind bars

Tuesday, 03 February 2026

Dangerous extremists will face tougher ‘supermax’ style restrictions behind bars under Government plans to keep frontline staff safer. ...

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Rehana Azam appointed as member of the Prison Service Pay Review Body

Rehana Azam appointed as member of the Prison Service Pay Review Body

Tuesday, 03 February 2026

The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the appointment of Rehana Azam as member of the Prison Service Pay Review Body...

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UK announces sanctions against perpetrators of human rights violations in Iran

UK announces sanctions against perpetrators of human rights violations in Iran

Monday, 02 February 2026

UK sanctions 10 individuals and one organisation for their role in recent brutality against Iranian protestors. ...

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Kidlington: Two further arrests for illegal waste dumping

Kidlington: Two further arrests for illegal waste dumping

Friday, 30 January 2026

Two men arrested as part of Environment Agency investigation, supported by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit....

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Government action to avert summer prison disaster

Government action to avert summer prison disaster

Thursday, 29 January 2026

The prison system would have collapsed entirely by summer if not for the Government’s decisive action to keep the public safe, new analysis has reveal...

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OSCE Moscow Mechanism Invocation: Georgia: January 2026

OSCE Moscow Mechanism Invocation: Georgia: January 2026

Thursday, 29 January 2026

The UK and 23 other countries have invoked the OSCE Moscow Mechanism to launch an expert mission on the deteriorating human rights situation in Georgi...

Joint Statement on the United Kingdom Italian Republic Bilateral Justice Relationship

Joint Statement on the United Kingdom Italian Republic Bilateral Justice Relationship

Wednesday, 28 January 2026

The United Kingdom and Italy reaffirm their close bilateral relationship and shared ambition to strengthen justice cooperation for the benefit of citi...

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Prisoners turn new page with launch of Reading Laureate

Prisoners turn new page with launch of Reading Laureate

Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Author Lee Child announced as first ever Prison Reading Laureate....

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Courts expansion to deliver speedier justice for victims

Courts expansion to deliver speedier justice for victims

Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Former court buildings in Fleetwood, Telford, Chichester and Cirencester – used as Nightingale Courts since the pandemic - will now become permanent f...

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