It's hard to measure crime, which can make news stories seem more worrying than they really are. We look past the headlines to explain the full picture.
Recent reports on the role of the European Court of Human Rights in police ‘threat to life’ warnings are only partially correct. Read
The Coalition government introduced fees for employment tribunals. These can be repaid if cases are successful, but seem to have led to a big fall in number of people using employment tribunals. Read
Judges are being asked to decide whether the government can trigger Article 50 without seeking the consent of Parliament. Read
Europe
Individual countries won’t be able to veto an EU-UK deal on how it leaves the bloc, but could block a deal on future trade if they don’t like it. Read
Several outlets report that the most senior family court judge in England and Wales says that public money is being "squandered" on lawyers. Did he? Read
Crime
The number of frontline prison officers is falling and has been since 2010, although there were increases in recruitment last year. Read
Figures show that an increasing percentage of judges are female. The same goes for ethnic minorities, although the statistics don't make this clear. Read
Crime
Figures suggest sexual offences in schools have more than doubled over four years, but they are incomplete and don’t show the full picture across the UK. Read
The Supreme Court said it would have cost £1,000 for an appeal in the Labour membership case to be heard. Normally, it would be more expensive. Read
Crime
An estimated six million adults in England and Wales report having been abused as children, and two million report having been sexually abused. Read
