Away from the resurrection of David Miliband, Labour modernisers convened at the Progress rally earlier this evening. These weren’t just any old modernisers; they were party grandees: Douglas Alexander, Tessa Jowell, Caroline Flint, Liam Byrne and Jacqui Smith to name a few. They were discussing the Purple Book, the latest contribution to the debate about Labour’s future. The central t...

A Purple Book penned by former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith sets out some ideas for the Labour Party as it aims for government again.

Former Home Secretary proposes making internet service providers control access to adult materials so that a resurgent porn industry could help combat the sexualisation of children

As Britain's Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith spoke of the need to rehabilitate criminals by offering them worthwhile work to steer them away from a life of crime.

Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday defended using day-release prisoners to help paint her home because they "didn't have anything else on".

FORMER home secretary Jacqui Smith has defended using day-release prisoners to paint her home, claiming they "didn't have anything else on".

An investigation has been launched after it emerged that former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith used day-release prisoners to paint her home when they should have been doing community work.

An inquiry is under way into how two day-release prisoners ended up decorating the house of former Labour Home Secretary Jacqui Smith instead of doing community work.

Wasn’t there a Robert Redford film about this sort of thing? Hiring out prisoners as labour to the local politicians? Perhaps this is the second episode in the tragedy/farce circuit?

Jacqui Smith, the former home secretary, arranged for two day-release prisoners to paint her home when they should have been doing community work.