Sentences for attempted murder and GBH could be cut in Labour crime review
Jail sentences for some serious crimes could be reduced under a government review to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis.In ...
Labour's early prison release plan branded 'smoke and mirrors' as police boss sounds alarm
EXCLUSIVE: A police boss feels that the prisoner release scheme will have little impact. He warned officers that pressure ...
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Westminster update: budget provides money for justice
Your weekly update on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: the autumn ...
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Caribbean labour ministers agree on rapid, coordinated action to address labour challenges
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) labour ministers have joined their counterparts from the Americas in endorsing a new initiative that lays the groundwork for addressing ...
More than 16,000 prisoners released early in a year – half with theft and violence convictions
Half of those freed ahead of schedule had convictions for violence or theft, Ministry of Justice figures reveal ...
How make-or-break Budget has fractured Keir Starmer’s cabinet
With the prime minister’s poll ratings at rock bottom, Sir Keir Starmer is grappling with cabinet unity ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget, writes Political Correspondent Archie Mitchell ...
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Labour will be judged against this Budget
a patronising old Labour trope that has done exactly the opposite of what he promised on taking office and created divisions within the country. The Prime Minister said people would wake up on ...
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Labour to tighten ministerial hospitality rules
The government is to tighten transparency rules for ministerial hospitality, after a row over freebies received by Labour ministers. Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden told the BBC ministers ...
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David Gauke’s sentencing review is the only way to tackle the prisons crisis
The Labour party in particular does not want “law and order ... Nothing that comes out of the Gauke review will be outside what the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) could have worked out for itself. Indeed, ...
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Labour Ministers Urge Starmer Not to Turn His Back on Business
(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer is being privately warned by his own ministers not to break his pro-growth pledge just three months after sweeping to power in the UK on a pledge made in ...
London Evening Standard14d
Rise in criminals recalled to jail after Tories freed thousands early
Some 13,325 prisoners were released early between October 17 2023 and September 9 2024, according to data published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ ... by the new Labour Government which has ...
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5th Session of Islamic Conference of Labour Ministers of OIC member states begins in Baku tomorrow
The 5th Session of the Islamic Conference of Labour Ministers of OIC member states begins in Baku tomorrow. The theme for the three-day session is “Innovative Solutions and Digitalization of Labour ...