ministry of justice

Nearly all children had been locked up for more than 22 hours every day for 15 weeks, which inspectors said was disproportionate and avoidable.

Law firm believes that teachers and doctors have grounds for a legal challenge for age discrimination if they have been moved onto a less beneficial pension scheme.

Funding for youth offending teams has more than halved since 2010, and councils do not know how much money they will receive to tackle youth offending this year, more than two months after they had to set their budgets.

A report from the Justice Committee says the government should introduce new regulation for the bailiff industry to ensure that people in debt are treated fairly.