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Covid-19 issues behind record high in complaints to firms, survey finds

A record 13% of people have made a complaint to a company in the past year, a long-running customer satisfaction survey has found. Covid-19-related product availability and service reliability issues are behind the slew of problems, according to the ...

25 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Government had ‘no choice’ over emergency prison measures, says minister

The Government had “no choice” but to put in place emergency measures for prison overcrowding, a minister has said. Lord James Timpson, minister for prisons, probation and reducing reoffending, said the previous government ran prisons “so hot for ...

08 Oct 2024 at 14:47

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TV judge Rob Rinder says UK prisoners are ‘more dangerous’ after release

TV judge Rob Rinder has hit out at the UK prison system and claimed criminals are “more dangerous” after release. The 46-year-old recently presented Channel 4 series Britain Behind Bars: A Secret History, which looked at the “balance between ...

30 Jul 2024 at 00:01

‘Impossible’ to say Government will stop early release of prisoners – Starmer

It is “impossible” to say the Government will stop the early release of prisoners, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister’s comments at a press conference at Downing Street on Saturday come after prison governors last week warned ...

06 Jul 2024 at 14:47

Emergency measure to avoid prison overcrowding activated in North of England

Emergency plans to avoid prison overcrowding have been activated in the North of England as more rioters are sentenced. Operation Early Dawn, a long-standing plan which allows defendants to be held in police cells and not summoned to ...

19 Aug 2024 at 15:48

Attacks on prison staff in England and Wales hit 21-year high

Attacks on prison staff reach 21-year high

Attacks on prison staff have soared to their highest level for more than two decades, with some 10,000 assaults recorded in a year. The number of incidents in the 12 months to June in England and Wales shot up 30% to 10,281, ...

31 Oct 2024 at 16:24

Report calls on employers to hire more ex-offenders to help fill job vacancies

Employers should hire more ex-offenders to help fill Britain’s 1.1 million job vacancies, a new report argues. ReGenerate’s Good Jobs Project, set to launch on Monday, is lobbying to get those from marginalised groups, such ...

03 Jul 2023 at 09:14

Smell of rat urine ‘overpowering’ at squalid and failing prison, says watchdog

Inmates blocked gaps under their cell doors with cardboard and towels to stave off a rat infestation at a failing prison put into special measures by a watchdog, a report has said. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor ...

12 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Minister calls for drugs in prisons to be treated as public health issue

Prisons minister Lord Timpson has called for the problem of drugs in the UK’s jails to be treated as a public health issue, as MPs heard of the deaths of 17 inmates at Parc prison in South Wales. Four members of staff at ...

11 Dec 2024 at 12:31

Drugs brought in to prisons in children’s nappies, MPs told

Contraband is brought in to prisons in “children’s nappies” and through the use of “drone drops” by organised criminal gangs, MPs have been told. This came as prisons minister Lord Timpson called for the use of drugs in ...

11 Dec 2024 at 14:57

Extra prison capacity will likely last until autumn 2025, MPs told

The Government’s early prison release scheme has likely bought it extra capacity until autumn 2025, MPs have heard. Prisons minister Lord Timpson and senior civil servants were pressed by the Commons Justice Committee ...

19 Nov 2024 at 16:38

Controlling or coercive behaviour now on a par with other domestic abuse crimes

Coercive or controlling behaviour has been placed “on a par” with other domestic abuse offences as part of a new law aiming to tackle the issue. Abusers who are convicted of such behaviour and sentenced to 12 months ...

03 Feb 2025 at 14:04

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