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New sentencing guidelines will make the UK’s justice system more fair, not less – expert view

In echoes of last summer’s riots, the government is again being accused of enabling a “two-tier” justice system in the UK. The current row is over new guidance published by the Sentencing Council, the independent public body that advises judges and magistrates on sentencing.

The Conversation

Government must stop ‘outsourcing’ decisions to regulators, PM tells Cabinet

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to set out plans to overhaul the British state later in the week.

Evening Standard

Justice Secretary to meet Sentencing Council over ‘two tier’ guidance row

The Sentencing Council told Shabana Mahmood that if ministers ‘dictated’ guidance to courts it would undermine judicial independence.

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Justice secretary set for showdown with judges over sentencing guidelines

Comes as Sentencing Council write a letter angrily rejecting minister’s claim that they have created a ‘two tier’ justice system

The Independent UK

Sentencing Council warns against guidance being ‘dictated’ by ministers

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has written to the independent body to make clear her ‘displeasure’ and call for changes to be reconsidered.

The Independent UK

Sentence reductions should be less generous if ‘no question of guilt’ – MP

Conservative MP Sir Ashley Fox said there should be ‘a range of discounts available’, as opposed to an automatic one-third reduction for guilty pleas.

Evening Standard

Outrage as 'Two-Tier' Justice System Sparks Fury—Labour Demands Immediate Action

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has called for controversial new sentencing guidelines to be scrapped “as soon as possible.”

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Fact check: New sentencing guidelines were written by independent body

The guidelines say courts should always order a pre-sentence report when considering a prison term ‘unless it considers that it is unnecessary’.

Evening Standard

Mahmood to review Sentencing Council’s powers amid ‘two-tier’ justice row

Lord chancellor announces move follows claims that new sentencing rules discriminate against white men

The Guardian - UK

Justice Secretary threatens to change law in call to reconsider court guidance

The Sentencing Council published new guidelines for courts to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

Starmer says it would be ‘big mistake’ to think Ukraine no longer needs military support because peace deal inevitable – as it happened

Prime minister says countries will have to defend a peace deal, if one happens, as he takes questions at a defence factory

The Guardian - UK

Ministers criticise ‘two-tier’ sentencing changes in England and Wales

Sentencing Council plans to make offenders’ ethnic backgrounds a greater factor in deciding whether to jail them

The Guardian - UK

Justice Secretary calls for sentencing guideline on ethnicity to be reversed

Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said she will be writing to the Sentencing Council to ‘register my displeasure’.

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Justice Secretary calls for sentencing guideline to be reversed over ethnicity

The Sentencing Council published new principles for judges to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Pregnant offenders in England and Wales could be spared jail under new guidelines

Changes to sentencing guidance will also apply to mothers of children under one year old

The Guardian - UK

‘Revenge porn’ abusers allowed to keep devices with explicit images

Prosecutors in England and Wales are failing to obtain orders requiring the deletion of intimate content shared without consent, analysis reveals

The Independent UK

Family of dad stabbed to death on street hits out after killer gets ‘easy’ sentence

Ibrahim Bah, 35, was killed by David Joseph Johnson outside Belushi’s bar in Greenwich

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Evening Standard

Dealers caught selling drugs to children face longer jail terms

Change comes amid continuing concern about the impact of illegal substances on people’s health and grooming of children into drug use

The Guardian - UK

Woman whose baby was stillborn in HMP Styal praises sentencing changes

Louise Powell says she hopes new guidance means fewer pregnant women are jailed and it can be the legacy of her child Brooke

The Guardian - UK

Pregnant women and new mothers shouldn’t be sent to jail, UK public says

Poll shared with Observer shows high support for reform of prison sentencing to stop ‘lives being torn apart’

The Guardian - UK

England and Wales abortion law has been settled, minister tells Commons

Edward Argar says government does not intend to change law after case of woman jailed for late abortion

Wales Online

Labour to launch more adverts attacking Rishi Sunak despite backlash

Further adverts are scheduled ahead of the May local elections despite senior party figures arguing that Labour is better than "gutter" politics

The Independent UK

Labour to launch more attacks on Sunak despite adverts backlash

Frontbencher Emily Thornberry continued to defend the initial advert accusing the Prime Minister of not wanting child sex abusers to go to jail.

The Guardian - UK

Pregnant women in English jails are seven times more likely to suffer stillbirth

Exclusive: campaigners demand new sentencing guidelines after data reveals a dramatic rise in the chance of a prisoner’s baby dying

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