Category: UK criminal justice

Drones flying into jails in England and Wales are national security threat, says prisons watchdog

Chief inspector of prisons issues warning after surge in weapons and drugs flown into high-security facilitiesDrones have become a “threat to national security”, the prisons watchdog has said, after a surge in the...

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Lucy Letby retrial needed after ‘clear miscarriage of justice’, says David Davis

MP tells parliament he believes justice has not been done after hearing experts’ concerns over former nurse’s murder convictionsFundamental flaws in the criminal trial system led to the former nurse Lucy Letby being...

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Assaults in prisons in England and Wales rise to average of 74 a day

Research for Lib Dems shows nearly 27,000 assaults were recorded last year, with about 3,200 deemed seriousAssaults in prisons have been rising with an average of 74 a day recorded in England and Wales last year, including 25...

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Revealed: 1.5m children in England studying in unfit school buildings

Underinvestment has led to crumbling infrastructure in schools, hospitals and courts, Guardian study shows‘Our school has been homeless for two years’More than 1.5 million children are studying in dilapidated school...

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Streeting says he ‘knows what it’s like to feel you have to bury a secret’ as he explains puberty blockers ban – UK politics live

The health secretary says the emergency ban on the sale and supply of puberty blockers to under-18s will be made indefiniteThere will be two government statements in the Commons after PMQs.At 12.30pm Yvette Cooper, the home...

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Streeting says he ‘knows what it’s like to bury a secret’ as he explains puberty blockers ban for under-18s – UK politics live

The health secretary says the emergency ban on the sale and supply of puberty blockers to under-18s will be made indefiniteThere will be two government statements in the Commons after PMQs.At 12.30pm Yvette Cooper, the home...

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PMQs live: Keir Starmer to face Kemi Badenoch as farmers protest outside the Commons

Farmers opposed to plan to extend inheritance tax to some farms drive into central LondonThere will be two government statements in the Commons after PMQs.At 12.30pm Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, will make one on...

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