Conservative MPs have rounded on claims from Justice secretary Ken Clarke that the decision to release suspected terrorist Abu Qatada was "nothing to do" with the European Court of Human Rights.

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has been named 'Oldie of the year' by a magazine which describes itself as the "antidote to youth culture".

Giving divorced and separated fathers stronger rights could be 'dangerous', Justice secretary Ken Clarke has said.

Telegraph View: We wish Ken Clarke luck with his drafting, though we are not convinced he can deliver.

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says there are "undoubted dangers" in re-drafting shared parenting law

Perhaps Mr Lansley knows something the rest of us do not, but on past form I doubt it. Twenty years ago, when senior surgeon at the Royal Hampshire Hospital Paddy Ross inquired of Ken Clarke, then a Tory health secretary, how he anticipated the Health Service would function as an internal market, he replied candidly

Compensation payments for crime victims who suffer minor injuries such as sprained ankles, broken toes or bruised ribs are to be scrapped, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has announced.

The Justice Secretary announces that the Government has scrapped the Gibson Inquiry into the alleged complicity in torture by UK secret service officials following the launch of fresh criminal investigations.

Thousands more prisoners will be made to carry out full time work after Ken Clarke pledged to end "enforced idleness" behind bars.

Michael Deacon watches Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary, withstand a series of jibes about the EU summit.