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Unfair jail sentences – one more example of demonising society’s ‘morally unfit’

The IPP scandal should not be seen in isolation. It is all part of today’s politics by vilification

The Guardian - UK

Nearly 3,000 people are languishing in jail unfairly. We must set them free

There is consensus in parliament that indeterminate sentences are unjust. So why is the government dragging its heels, asks Bob Neill MP

The Guardian - UK

David Blunkett says devising 99-year prison sentences is his ‘biggest regret’

Labour former home secretary says imprisonment for public protection sentences have resulted in ‘deeply damaging outcomes’

The Guardian - UK

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Ex-ministers press Sunak on ‘persecution’ of carers who broke earnings rules

David Blunkett and Alan Johnson join Iain Duncan Smith in dismay at DWP’s treatment of benefit recipients’ minor mistakes

The Guardian - UK

Senior Labour figures call for ‘life-transforming’ Sure Start policy

Gordon Brown and three former education ministers say New Labour’s acclaimed early-years programme benefited millions

The Guardian - UK

Tories cut council funding down to the bone. Labour must restore it

Letters: Joan Twelves fears the government is determined to keep wielding the axe until there is nothing left; David Blunkett picks apart Jeremy Hunt’s fanciful proposal

The Guardian - UK

Labour 'considering offshore asylum processing plans' as Rwanda alternative

LABOUR are reportedly considering plans to have asylum claims processed abroad as an alternative to the Tories’ Rwanda plan.

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Labour considering Rwanda alternative for migrant plan

A Labour ‘red line’ would be any scheme that would automatically block migrants being granted asylum in the UK, with British officials also required to be in charge of processing claims

The Independent UK

Revealed: 16 years in prison for stealing a bike and no hope of release – as 7 trapped in jail kill themselves

Exclusive: Lord David Blunkett called for Alex Chalk to ‘give hope’ to prisoners trapped on IPP sentences as the shocking death toll was revealed

The Independent UK

Ofsted’s ‘simplistic judgments’ no longer fit for purpose, schools experts warn

Former ministers and leaders agree that inspections in England resulting in one-word summaries need to be reviewed

The Guardian - UK

Labour warned poll lead more fragile than it seems as Tory unpopularity ‘not enough’ to win election

Keir Starmer warned not to be complacent on eve of Labour conference

The Independent UK

Labour conference – live: ‘Inane’ to ignore lessons of past election defeats, Blunkett warns Starmer

The Labour party conference begins in Liverpool on Sunday

The Independent UK

'We must expose 13 years of Tory corruption and cruelty before the next election'

I cannot bear to see the desolation successive Tory governments have caused - and it will only get worse, writes CAROL VORDERMAN

Daily Mirror

The law is gone but they are still in jail: who will free Britain’s most wronged prisoners?

Victoria was sentenced to 21 months but has served 15 years. Even the politician who introduced indefinite detention now says he regrets it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Manchester Evening News

'They have lost all hope': The 'scandal' jail sentence with a 'shameful' suicide rate behind the Strangeways roof protest

'The IPP sentence is a costly waste of money, and more importantly of human lives. The Government appears blind to the fact that all the indicators show IPP cannot simply be managed away': Neal Keeling reports on Britain's most controversial jail terms

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer breaks silence on 'gutter' attack adverts saying he makes 'zero apologies'

Labour has been heavily criticised following a series of adverts shared on Twitter attacking Rishi Sunak on crime - including one claiming he doesn't think paedophiles should be locked up

Wales Online

Starmer makes ‘zero apologies’ about under-fire attack ad on Sunak

The Labour leader said he stands by ‘every word’ of the campaign claiming the PM does not want child abusers to go to jail

The Guardian - UK

‘Stand by every word’: Keir Starmer defends attack ad on Rishi Sunak

Party leader says he will ‘make absolutely zero apologies for being blunt’ after facing widespread criticism over advert

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The Independent UK

Keir Starmer doubles down with his ‘dirty tricks’ ads

Labour’s next adverts are reportedly set to blame the prime minister for crashing the economy

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer faces Easter uprising over Labour campaign attacking Rishi Sunak

Labour MPs complain to their leader and warn ‘ugly’ new tactics will backfire in blue wall

The Independent UK

Yvette Cooper distances herself from Labour attack ads

Shadow home secretary was unaware of ad claiming Sunak doesn’t think child sex abusers should go to prison

The Guardian - UK

Yvette Cooper was ‘not told’ about Labour’s Sunak attack ad in advance

Shadow home secretary was not consulted about the widely criticised advert that claims Rishi Sunak did not believe in jailing child abusers

Daily Mirror

Murdered teacher Sabina Nessa's sister joins calls to force killers to attend court

Labour former home secretary David Blunkett is among those urging change after Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s murderer Thomas Cashman refused to leave his cell to face the the nine-year-old’s family

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of people like me are locked up with no fixed release date all because of New Labour’s political arms race

Nearly 3,000 of us are still in jail because of the infamous ‘imprisonment for public protection’ sentence, says author Terence Smith

The Guardian - UK

‘The wounds don’t ever heal’: 30 years after James Bulger’s murder, Bootle cannot forget

In 1993, the UK was held in horror by the murder of two-year-old James Bulger. From the scene of his abduction to the youth justice system, the distress still reverberates

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