Former minister says Tories are ignoring heartland voters and risk losing ground to Reform in next electionThe Conservatives are “not close to recognising” how badly they are positioned for the next election, the former cabinet...
Read MoreDavid Gauke said the suggestions in his review should solve the prison crisis. Here’s what he recommendedExperts ‘would refuse to take part’ in mandatory castration for sex offendersA series of “radical” proposed reforms to...
Read MoreShadow defence secretary attacks PM’s assertion that opponents of the deal were on the side of Russia and ChinaThe Conservatives are taking the credit for the near-50% fall in net migration. They say it is the changes to visa...
Read MorePM says government was likely to lose cases in international courts if it resisted Mauritius’s claims of sovereigntyThe Conservatives are taking the credit for the near-50% fall in net migration. They say it is the changes to...
Read MorePrison officers will also get 4% while nurses get 3.6%The Conservatives are taking the credit for the near-50% fall in net migration. They say it is the changes to visa rules that they introduced that brought the numbers...
Read MoreShabana Mahmood is making a statement to MPs now about the findings of the sentencing reviewThe Conservatives are taking the credit for the near-50% fall in net migration. They say it is the changes to visa rules that they...
Read MoreShabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, appointed David Gauke, former Tory justice secretary, to conduct a review of sentencing policyGood morning. Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, is today announcing plans intended to...
Read MoreHead of Probation Service says public at risk from greater use of prison alternatives unless service is better fundedPlans to allow thousands more criminals in England and Wales to serve their sentence in the community risk...
Read MoreSentencing review to be published on Thursday aims to ‘ease prison capacity crisis’ and reduce reoffendingJudges and magistrates in England and Wales will be told to move away from handing out short custodial sentences in favour...
Read MoreSentences to be reduced by third for good behaviour and if work, training or education assignments completedPrisoners will be able to earn their freedom after serving a third of their sentences under new minimum and maximum...
Read MoreSuccessive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report findsSuccessive governments’ overreliance on prison sentences and desire to seem “tough on crime” have driven the...
Read MoreUnions concerned about potential rise in violence, drug abuse and the threat of riots at low-security facilities in England and WalesThe government is considering relaxing the restrictions on inmates who can be sent to open...
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