London mayor’s office says he is ‘victim of a scam’ after conviction under fast-track system where magistrates can decide outcomes in secondsUK politics live – latest updatesSadiq Khan’s office has revealed he was the victim of...
Read MoreLondon mayor convicted under ‘conveyor-belt justice’ system where magistrates can decide outcomes in secondsUK politics live – latest updatesThe London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has been convicted and fined for not taxing a 24-year-old...
Read MoreOffences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisisGrooming gang perpetrators and killers including those responsible for PC Andrew Harper’s death will be blocked from...
Read MoreOffences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisisGrooming gang perpetrators and killers including those responsible for PC Andrew Harper’s death will be blocked from...
Read MoreCampaigners welcome plan to bring IPP sentences to a close but say the move is long overdueCampaigners have hailed Andy Burnham’s pledge to bring an end to indefinite jail terms as “a day that thousands of families have spent...
Read MoreBridget Phillipson says government would not have to consider releasing prisoners early if Tories had created more capacityCells to hold newly arrested people could run out without the early prison release scheme, a government...
Read MorePM’s honeymoon period will come to an end as he makes decisions on the budget, welfare, migration and prisonsAndy Burnham has enjoyed a month-long honeymoon period since he became prime minister, winning public support with a...
Read MorePM’s honeymoon period will come to an end as he makes decisions on the budget, welfare, migration and prisonsAndy Burnham has enjoyed a month-long honeymoon period since he became prime minister, winning public support with a...
Read MorePM’s honeymoon period will come to an end as he makes decisions on the budget, welfare, migration and prisonsAndy Burnham has enjoyed a month-long honeymoon period since he became prime minister, winning public support with a...
Read MoreParents of Michaela Hall, whose partner killed her after he left prison in 2021, say Probation Service cannot cope with mass releaseMore women will die if ministers include domestic abusers in the early prison release scheme,...
Read MoreFormer prison governor Judith Feline on the reality of our overcrowded prisons and Peter Walker on why it’s causing a headache for Andy BurnhamAt the last count, two weeks ago, there were almost 86,500 people in prison in...
Read MoreExclusive: Ministers explore diverting male prisoners serving short terms or on remand away from tougher jailsMinisters are examining a possible upgrade of security at men’s category C and women’s prisons to deal with an...
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