MoJ refuses to disclose details of its commercial proposal to the Saudi state
The below has been received from the Ministry of Justice. It is a refusal to disclose anything to do with the MoJ’s proposal to provide services on a commercial basis to the Saudi state. Freedom of...
View ArticleHow not to count prison over-crowding
11th June 2015 There was a ministerial statement today from the Ministry of Justice, and it contained a remarkable admission. But you had to look carefully. The statement was headed with the...
View ArticleFive questions for the MoJ about the continuing bid to provide services to...
The Ministry of Justice has announced that it is continuing with its bid to provide services on a commercial basis to the (barbaric) Saudi prisons system. It appears that it has to continue with the...
View ArticleThe story of the unfortunate MoJ and Saudi commercial proposal
25th September 2015 This is the background story to my ongoing posts at the FT about the unfortunate contract proposal from the UK government to the government of Saudi Arabia, and what the deal tells...
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The MoJ-Saudi Memorandum of Understanding – a timeline
1st October 2015 This is a timeline of (most of the) information in the public domain about the UK Ministry of Justice’s “Memorandum of Understanding” with the Saudi Arabian government, signed on 11...
View Article“Exclusive”– the Home Office has a MoU with Saudi Arabia about which it is...
2nd October 2015 In researching around the Ministry of Justice’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Saudis, I came across a curious piece of information. (ADD, 3rd October 2015: A “Memorandum...
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Michael Gove “picks a fight” over the MoJ’s Saudi contract bid: the background
13th October 2015 The overnight news was dramatic: the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, has “picked a fight” in Cabinet. And the subject of this political spat? It would appear that...
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The thinly veiled threats of the Saudi Ambassador
27th October 2015 When a genuinely extraordinary political decision is taken the consequences can often be telling. Such decisions are not those usual ones that are predetermined or stage-managed, as...
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FT post on Home Office, Saudi Arabia and the need for a ‘safe space’
13th January 2016 My latest FT post is now up, on the the Home Office using the jargon of “safe spaces” so as to avoid disclosing the nature of its relationship with the Saudi internal ministry. And...
View ArticleJust Solutions International caused a £1.1 million loss to the Ministry of...
29th January 2016 It now can be revealed that “Just Solutions International” – the Ministry of Justice commercial venture promoted by former Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Chris Grayling –...
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