Commenting on the Government-commissioned report on airport security, which calls for compulsory criminal record checks for all airport workers to combat the ‘terrorist insider threat’, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: "It is a crazy hole in our airport security that we will do criminal record checks on British employees, but can’t do the same for foreign...

On Thursday, there was an important meeting at the Home Office to review the criminal justice system, writes Bruce Anderson.

One in five people fear a criminal records check will not protect children from being groomed by paedophiles a poll for the Home Office shows.

Youngsters who break the law would be offered an opportunity to avoid a criminal record by undergoing community punishments such as picking up litter the Conservatives will say.

MEPs have voted in favour of a Commission proposal to introduce EU-wide criminal sanctions on employers hiring illegal immigrants. PA writes that the plan “is seen as one of the toughest pieces of judicial and social legislation yet attempted at EU level

Chris HuhneConservative plans to scrap criminal record checks on EU citizens living in this country would put British citizens at risk, according to research by the Liberal Democrats. Conservative MEPs voted against the establishment of the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), which standardises the format of criminal records in Europe and allows them to be exchanged quickly betwe...

Criminal record checks have gone too far and are a "disproportionate interference" on people's lives the country's most senior judges ruled yesterday.

A Home Office initiative to issue its senior civil servants with long-service awards has run into problems - because there is no record of how long staff have been on the payroll.

Stalking is likely to become a new criminal offence, after a Home Office minister admitted people are being "let down" by the current laws.

Ministers are looking at controversial plans to distribute leaflets in a neighbourhood to "name and shame" offenders who have been convicted in local courts. The proposal, which is supported by Home Office officials , is seen as a way of restoring confidence in the criminal justice system and embarrassing offenders who might otherwise go unnoticed. Research assessed by the Home Office has shown th...