Conservative Government

The Home Office has welcomed a High Court judgement upholding the lawfulness of the data retention regime outlined in the Investigatory Powers Act. The High Court handed down its judgement in favour of the Conservative Government following a legal challenge delivered by civil liberties and Human Rights…

Nick Hurd, the Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, has been unveiled as the new Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service. He succeeds Brandon Lewis in the role, with Lewis having been promoted to the post of Minister of State for…

For some time now, the way in which central Government contracts are allocated, awarded and serviced has represented a cause of deep concern within the security sector. Peter Webster explains why the Conservative Government’s latest move designed to appoint more small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) for…

The Royal United Services Institute’s (RUSI) latest Briefing Paper warns of the risks engendered by any steep spending cuts across those UK departments and agencies directly responsible for tackling organised crime, managing migration flows and supporting diplomacy. Were the 25% or 40% reductions now being…

With an average current staff turnover rate of approximately 34% across the security sector compared with the national average of 14.6% for all business sectors, Michelle Farrelly suggests there needs to be an understanding that perhaps today’s security teams do not feel ‘engaged’ and maybe perceive that they’re taken for granted.…