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From new MPs to cabinet ministers, how influential think tank is bankrolling Labour

Exclusive: Organisation linked to Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff handed donations totalling £1.5m to more than 100 MPs

The Independent UK

The Starmer story so far: what has Labour done in its first 100 days?

A roundup of the government’s work, from its early moves on energy and housing to Thursday’s workers’ rights bill

The Guardian - UK

Labour government without accurate data on courts crisis amid fears of soaring trials backlog

‘Unfathomable’ lack of accurate data on courts crisis means government ‘cannot hope’ to understand or fix it, experts tell The Independent

The Independent UK

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New poll reveals public demand for prisoner early releases to be linked to drug testing

Exclusive: As new justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has been forced to release thousands of prisoners early, new polling reveals that the public want it linked to drug testing

The Independent UK

Britain’s prehistoric attitude to drugs isn’t working. Why not learn from Texas?

Cherrypicking what has worked from decriminalisation abroad is far preferable to building more prisons, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Father trapped in jail 18 years after being given 8-month sentence – for waving a starting pistol

Exclusive: James Lawrence was jailed for eight months in 2006 – and is still there. His mother Mandy said: ‘In his time, he’s seen murderers come in and murderers go home’

The Independent UK

Prisoners could cut jail time by earning points in Texas-style reforms to ease overcrowding crisis

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to be planning a visit to Texas later this year as part of an attempt to mirror their approach to reducing high prison populations

The Independent UK

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Prison isn’t working for women, Labour says, as it unveils plans for alternatives

Shabana Mahmood tells conference she wants more help in community for offenders and fewer cases going to court

The Guardian - UK

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood unveils plan to shut women’s prisons amid overcrowding crisis

‘Around two-thirds did not commit a violent crime yet are sent to prisons desperate for places’

The Independent UK

A rushed UK law is no way to make such a vital, painful decision as how to die

An over-simple bill on a complex matter like assisted dying will fail to protect those who are most at risk

The Guardian - UK

British MPs and international organisations hacked on X

World Health Organization and Great British Menu among accounts that posted ‘this is a hacked account’

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying vote may come soon as No 10 says it would not stop bill

Opinion heavily split across parties over legalising support for terminally ill people to end their lives

The Guardian - UK

The early release of prisoners was unavoidable, but too many women in the UK are now living in fear

Despite government assurances on the release of prisoners across England and Wales, the coming days will be filled with a familiar dread for some survivors of domestic violence, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

1700 UK Domestic Abuse And High-Risk Criminals Go Free Today Under Labour Govt's. Early Release Scheme

More than 1,700 prisoners are being let out early in England and Wales today as part of a government scheme to deal with overcrowding

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The Guardian - UK

Police ‘left to deal with fallout’ of poorly planned early release of 1,700 prisoners

Police association chief says criminals potentially being freed in England and Wales without proper rehabilitation plans

The Independent UK

Probation officers brace for ‘ticking time bomb’ as 1,700 prisoners freed early

Police chiefs warn officers have been plunged into ‘storm’ not of their making

The National (Scotland)

When is the Winter Fuel Payment vote and how can you watch it?

ON Tuesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Keir Starmer will put their cut to the Winter Fuel Payment to a vote ...

The Independent UK

Prison population hits record high as ‘half-baked and unworkable’ plan to send convicts to Estonia slammed

Dame Angela Eagle, the Home Office minister, refused to deny reports that some inmates could serve their sentences in the eastern European country, and admitted there were too few places in UK prisons

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The Guardian - UK

Some probation officers given a week’s notice of serious offenders’ release, union says

Exclusive: Napo says officers do not feel protected as 2,000 offenders to be let out early to try to ease prison crisis

The Independent UK

British prisoners could be sent to Estonian jails in bid to ease overcrowding

Estonia’s justice minister says a partnership with the UK would ‘create further opportunities’ for both countries

TechRadar

First legally binding international treaty on AI to be signed by US, Britain and Brussels

Britain, Europe and America join forces to sign an legally binding international treaty to protect citizens from AI.

The Guardian - UK

Labour eager for progress on special tribunal to try Russia over Ukraine

Exclusive: Lord chancellor says she wants to ‘inject energy’ into stalling efforts to set up Nuremberg-style trial

The Guardian - UK

MoJ plan to free up prison spaces set to fail ‘because cells being filled by rioters’

Prison governors’ leader urges ministers to consider further measures to cut jail population or build new cells

The Guardian - UK

Prison early release scheme to include some serious offenders, MoJ admits

Prisoners serving time for lesser crime following serious one will be eligible under plan to free up jail space, officials confirm

The Guardian - UK

Prison population hits record high in England and Wales

Jail sentences handed to participants in recent riots thought to have exacerbated overcrowding

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