Shabana Mahmood, a senior minister in the British government, does not head up the UK’s justice system, just as Sir Hamid Patel, the interim chairman of Ofsted’s board, is not in charge of Britain’s ...

The members of the Sentencing Council have been pushed into a humiliating climbdown – but it may well be too late to save ...

Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood was challenged by the Conservatives to say whether she has confidence in the independent body’s chairman, Lord Justice William Davis.

On Monday evening, the council said in a statement: “The Lord Chancellor and the chairman of the Sentencing Council met this morning. At that meeting, the Lord Chancellor indicated her intention ...

Prison capacity is already back at 99 per cent following the early release of more than 3,000 inmates last year ...

Both Ministers acknowledged the historical, social, cultural and economic ties between India and UK and exchanged thoughts on ...

The Sentencing Council has postponed guidance that sparked a major political backlash in the face of imminent legislation ...

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The Justice Secretary said ‘all must be equal before the law’ as the Government introduced a Bill following a row over ...

The Sentencing Council said the changes were ‘necessary and appropriate’ but that it would not implement them while a Bill was imminent.