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Crime Contract verification: Admission to the October 2025 Rota
Stage 1 applicants have a final chance to join the October 2025 Duty Rotas. Compliant verification information must be submitted by 31 March 2025
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March 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Unprotected departments have been asked to model two scenarios by the Treasury:

1. Flat cash (5.7% real-terms cut over three-year period).

2. A cut of 2% (an 11% real-terms cut).

“It’s a choice between bad and terrible,” says a source. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
Can Rachel Reeves recover?
A Chancellor playing a long game must hope she does not have to wait too long.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Quite a few cases recently where the Parole Board comes out of the hearing on the losing side, here's another one:

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R (Owen) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2025] EWHC 590 (Admin)  – CrimeLine
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March 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A salutary lesson for all concerned in this case

BLV [2025] EWCA Crim 257 crimeline.co.uk/blv-2025-ewc...
BLV [2025] EWCA Crim 257 – CrimeLine
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March 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
R (Yaxley-Lennon) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 695 (Admin) crimeline.co.uk/r-9yaxley-le...
R (Yaxley-Lennon) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 695 (Admin) – CrimeLine
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March 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Forensic Science Regulator Draft Code of Practice 2025 (Version 2) www.gov.uk/government/p...
Forensic Science Regulator code of practice
This code of practice concerns the carrying on of forensic science activities in England and Wales.
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March 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared in a police investigation into the SNP’s finances.
March 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
R (Glawdys Leger) v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 665 (Admin) crimeline.co.uk/r-glawdys-le...
R (Glawdys Leger) v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 665 (Admin) – CrimeLine
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March 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
National Crime Agency launches online campaign to tackle 'sextortion' among young teenage boys

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March 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Life sentence for teen who killed family and plotted school shooting www.cps.gov.uk/thames-and-c...
Life sentence for teen who killed family and plotted school shooting | The Crown Prosecution Service
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March 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The new Criminal Procedure Rules and Practice Directions, Index, and Forms have been updated. This handy tool will save you a lot of time.

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March 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that, once again, people are to be held in police cells because of prison overcrowding.

If you are wondering how it has come to this, click below to read our explainer article - 'Why are prisons overcrowded?'

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The Howard League | Why are prisons overcrowded?
Why are prisons overcrowded? An expert summary by the Howard League for Penal Reform.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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March 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Officer charged with three sex offences news.met.police.uk/news/officer...
Officer charged with three sex offences
PC Whitcombe will appear in court on Tuesday, 18 March.
news.met.police.uk
March 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Smith [2025] EWCA Crim 221 crimeline.co.uk/smith-2025-e...
Smith [2025] EWCA Crim 221 – CrimeLine
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March 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
BZP [2025] EWCA Crim 267 crimeline.co.uk/bzp-2025-ewc...
BZP [2025] EWCA Crim 267 – CrimeLine
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March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
BVQ [2025] EWCA Crim 270 crimeline.co.uk/bvq-2025-ewc...
BVQ [2025] EWCA Crim 270 – CrimeLine
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March 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
McCracken v Crown Prosecution Service [2025] EWHC 604 (Admin) crimeline.co.uk/mccracken-v-...
McCracken v Crown Prosecution Service [2025] EWHC 604 (Admin) – CrimeLine
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March 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
McMahon [2025] EWCA Crim 269 crimeline.co.uk/mcmahon-2025...
McMahon [2025] EWCA Crim 269 – CrimeLine
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March 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
R (Newton) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2025] EWHC 631 (Admin) crimeline.co.uk/r-newton-v-p...
R (Newton) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2025] EWHC 631 (Admin) – CrimeLine
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March 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Melgram [2023] EWCA Crim 1800 crimeline.co.uk/melgram-2023...
Melgram [2023] EWCA Crim 1800 – CrimeLine
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March 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ramoo [2024] EWCA Crim 1757 crimeline.co.uk/ramoo-2024-e...
Ramoo [2024] EWCA Crim 1757 – CrimeLine
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March 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM