Performance Tracker 2026 chapter assesses the government's record on prisons and probation, updating indicators of performance, capacity and outcomes across the prison estate and community supervision as part of the Institute for Government's annual performance series.
Evaluation
Performance Tracker 2026 chapter evaluates policing and crime performance, updating metrics on police resources, crime levels and service outcomes within the Institute for Government's annual review of departmental and system performance.
Evaluation
Reports that a failure to fit electronic monitoring tags resulted in around 5,000 offenders being left unmonitored in England and Wales, based on a recent Institute for Government analysis of the criminal justice system.
Presents the Institute for Government’s 2026 Performance Tracker chapter on the criminal justice system, assessing system performance against objectives and likely trends and challenges for reform and delivery.
Performance Tracker 2026 chapter reviews criminal courts performance, presenting updated indicators on case backlogs, timeliness and system capacity as part of the Institute for Government's annual assessment of public services.
Evaluation
Coverage flagged from BBC News on a prisoner early release scheme, highlighting media attention and public debate around the policy reform and its implications for sentencing and release practices.
Analysis previews political conflict over proposed police force mergers, arguing Mayor Sadiq Khan and Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson (Mahmood and Burnham referenced) face renewed controversy as merger plans re‑emerge.
Profile page for Danny Shaw, a journalist specialising in policing, crime, justice and immigration, listed on the Institute for Government site identifying him as a Senior Fellow and providing date and author metadata.