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Criminal justice ratings ‘crucial’ but ‘not user friendly’

Scorecards showing the performance of police and prosecutors around the country are a “crucial” tool but are “missing important data” and are “not the most user friendly”, according to campaigners. The Government has started publishing the ratings ...

25 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Magistrates’ sentencing powers doubled in bid to tackle courts backlog

Magistrates have had their sentencing powers doubled in a bid to tackle the courts backlog but the move has been criticised as “counter-productive” by lawyers. The lower courts will now be able to hand out jail terms of up to a year for a single ...

02 May 2022 at 08:25

Ban on staff calling prisoners ‘residents’ or ‘clients’

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) staff have been banned from calling prisoners “residents” or describing cells as “rooms” after it faced questions over whether it had opened a “soft-touch” jail. A style guide has been issued to all MoJ, prison and ...

28 Apr 2022 at 19:25

Government fails in bid to keep Baby P’s mother behind bars

The mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, is set to be freed from prison after the Parole Board rejected a Government challenge against its ruling to release her. Tracey Connelly could be out of jail within weeks after board ...

05 May 2022 at 16:25

Government pledges overhaul of legal aid system

All children will get free legal representation for the first time while some lawyers could receive a pay rise as part of an overhaul of the legal aid system. The Government plans will mean that, for the first time, no-one under the ...

15 Mar 2022 at 01:25

‘Disappointing’ progress in work to keep women out of prison – report

The Government has made “limited progress” on steering women away from crime and keeping them out of prison, according to a report. Whitehall’s spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) found the Ministry of Justice has not ...

19 Jan 2022 at 02:25

More sentencing powers for magistrates in bid to tackle court backlog

Magistrates will be given more sentencing powers in a bid to tackle the backlog of cases waiting to be dealt with by criminal courts. In the latest effort to reduce the number of outstanding cases and the pressure faced by crown ...

18 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Child sexual abuse prosecutions and convictions drop by half in four years

Prosecutions and convictions for child sexual abuse have fallen by around half in four years, research by a children’s charity suggests. Figures obtained by the NSPCC under Freedom of Information legislation showed that the ...

20 Jan 2022 at 00:25

Criminal courts face further disruption as barristers strike for fourth week

Barristers have walked out for a fourth week as industrial action continues at courts around the country. Criminal cases faced further disruption as a five-day strike by defence barristers went ahead on Monday. Lawyers ...

18 Jul 2022 at 15:05

Barristers vow to continue strike action despite 15% pay increase offer

Barristers will continue strike action despite the Government announcing a fee rise later this year, a body which represents them has said. Court walkouts began across England and Wales earlier this week in a dispute ...

30 Jun 2022 at 20:00

Matt Hancock backs Commons vote on legalising assisted dying

MPs should have the opportunity to vote on whether assisted dying should be legalised in the UK, former health secretary Matt Hancock has said. The Conservative former minister called for a Commons vote as MPs ...

04 Jul 2022 at 20:51

Legalised assisted dying could be abused, MP warns

Introducing legal assisted dying could be abused by people “who want granny and grandpa to hurry up and die”, MPs have heard. Conservative MP for Devizes Danny Kruger claimed that legalising assisted dying ...

04 Jul 2022 at 19:31

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