Some 10,605 assaults on staff in male and female jails were recorded in the period up to December 2024, at a rate of 122 per ...

The Lord Chancellor has confirmed that former judge Her Honour Deborah Taylor will chair a statutory inquiry into the ...

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The Sentencing Council has refused a request from the Lord Chancellor to change guidance ... other groups such as young adults aged 18 to 25, women and pregnant women. Justice Secretary Ms Mahmood ...

Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood ... alongside other groups such as young adults aged 18 to 25, women and pregnant women. But the new law would ban the Sentencing Council ...

Frustration at ministers or the unacceptable result of macho No 10 'boys club' briefings? Hostile stories keep appearing ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood met with the Sentencing Council chairman Lord Justice William Davis to discuss the guidelines (PA) The Sentencing Council has refused a request from the Lord ...

Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood was left embarrassed ... It should also apply to all women offenders, they add. Pre-sentence reports often set out reasons why a jail sentence ...