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The House of Lords' Economic Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into the economics of Universal Credit. The committee will examine whether the welfare reform is meeting its original objectives and whether the policy assumptions reflected in its design are appropriate for different groups

The roll-out of live facial recognition technology across London has come under sharp criticism from human rights and civil liberties groups. The Metropolitan Police has announced it will begin the operational use of the controversial technology in order to tackle serious crime in specific locations

Have you recently been on a tour of the UK Supreme Court with your school? Did your visit spark an interest in the law? Are you considering studying law at university? Or perhaps you have a general interest in how the justice system works here in the UK. If you're a Year 13 or 14 pupil in Northern I

Drug company Tiofarma has admitted that it took part in an agreement that resulted in significant price hikes for a life-saving medicine. The development means that two of the three companies under investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have now admitted to an allegation that t

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Fender Europe £4.5 million for breaking competition law by preventing online discounting for its guitars. Guitars make up a significant part of the wider musical instrument sector which has an estimated turnover in the UK of around £4

BBC Radio 4 has profiled Lord Reed, the new President of the UK Supreme Court. Professor MacQueen, who studied alongside Lord Reed, says the pair were "swots".

The Electoral Commission should be given the power to initiate prosecutions at both national and local levels, a cross-party group of MPs has recommended. The proposal is one of 20 recommendations set out in a new report by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on electoral campaigning transparen

The House of Lords Constitution Committee has recommended that a clause to introduce significant new ministerial powers on how courts may depart from CJEU interpretations of retained EU law should be removed from the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill. The committee said this measure is inap

A complete redrafting of the UK's immigration rules would increase legal certainty and save almost £70 million over ten years, the Law Commission has said. The law reform body for England and Wales, which published its report on Simplifying the Immigration Rules today, noted that the Immigrati

Lord Reed has been installed as the new President of the UK Supreme Court. The Scottish judge was sworn in at a ceremony in London this morning, where he was “especially pleased to see here so many of my former colleagues of the Scottish bench and bar”.

Boris Johnson's attempt to give ministers control over which courts are no longer bound by European Court precedent will damage the legal system, Lord Pannick QC has warned. The crossbench peer said he would try to undo the change proposed by clause 26 of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which comes b

Lady Hale has listed her 'Desert Island Judgments' in an interview with The Guardian. The former UK Supreme Court President, who has been succeeded by Lord Reed, cited the prorogation case as her top one.

UK Supreme Court president Lady Hale will guest edit a special episode of BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday 27 December, from 6-9am. Lady Hale's guest-edit will include a tour of the Supreme Court with BBC legal correspondent, Clive Coleman, as well as a tour of her beloved home town of Richmo

The latest episode of BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour features women from the legal profession discussing life in the law on the centenary of women being able to enter the profession. Cherie Booth QC, Dana Denis-Smith, founder of the First 100 Years, Abi Silver, a former associate at a city law firm and

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has ruled by majority that a secret MI5 policy allowing security service agents to commit serious crimes on UK soil is lawful. In the first-ever dissenting opinions published in the tribunal's 20-year history, two judges set out their disagreement with the 3-2