Government should abolish Sentencing Council, Tory MP suggests
Ms McVey, MP for Tatton, said: “Last week, the Prime Minister announced he was abolishing NHS England to make sure the NHS ...
Call for ministers to overrule 'two-tier' sentencing changes
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said she will write to the council to "register my displeasure" and recommend reversing ...
England and Wales '25 days' from two-tier justice crisis that could last 'at least a year'
England and Wales are just 25 days from a two-tier justice system that could last for “at least a year”, Robert Jenrick has ...
Sentencing body defends changes after 'two-tier' row
The row was triggered after the Sentencing Council, which advises judges and magistrates on the complexities of prison terms ...
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New Sentencing Guidelines in England Could Lead to Harsher Penalties for White, Male Offenders Than Female, Minority Ones
A fight is brewing in England over new sentencing guidelines that require judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity and faith ...
Urgent action needed to tackle 'broken' justice system - Durham PCC
Durham Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen is calling for urgent national intervention to fix the "broken" justice system ...
Fury over 'two-tier justice' as ethnic minority criminals less likely to be jailed
The Shadow Justice Secretary accused the Sentencing Council of creating a "two-tier" justice system after new rules were sent ...
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Courts 'in chaos' as national video link system goes down
Courts in England and Wales paralysed because the video platform used by witnesses and lawyers to attend hearings remotely ...
Government should change law to overrule ‘two-tier’ justice guidance – Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch called for the Justice Secretary to change the law and said the Conservatives will back her. New guidance for ...
Daily Mail10d
The REAL inspiration for Labour's 'two-tier' justice system revealed as fury grows over 'softer sentences' for minority criminals
She requested an urgent meeting in her letter to the chairman of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales ... anti-Christian' bias in the criminal justice system and that it amounted to ...
Lawyers consider withdrawal that could cripple justice system
The Law Society, which represents more than 200,000 solicitors in England and Wales ... overly pessimistic” to predict that ...
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Private prosecution shake-up announced by ministers after Post Office and 'fast-track justice' scandals
The courts were then rocked by a second scandal involving the Single Justice ... criminal justice. “Recent catastrophic failures in private prosecutions have highlighted that our current system ...