Your weekly update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on all the latest developments and debates in parliament and across Whitehall. This week: court backlog target will be missed, Mental ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says “fundamental change” in how the British state protects its citizens is needed.

The head of a British judicial body that is supposed to help people who have been wrongly convicted resigned over a case of ...

A British minister has criticised Elon Musk for his recent comments on child sexual abuse scandals in the UK. Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillip says Mr Musk knows "absolutely nothing" about the ...

Only the inquiry team and representatives from the Ministry of Defence have been allowed to attend the closed hearings, ...