Alex Norris
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Ann Ming fears 'cold and calculated' killer Billy Dunlop will be tipped for release
Ann Ming fears her daughter Julie Hogg's killer Billy Dunlop will be recommended for release following his parole hearing yesterday.
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Why Burnham could be the longest-serving PM since Blair
Andrew Neil asks if the new tenant of No 10 is the latest in a series of leaders unqualified for the role – but he could be the longest-serving prime minister since Tony Blair, writes John Rentoul
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Hundreds of early-release prisoners in England and Wales not being tagged, say MPs
Clive Efford says Serco has failed to source enough tags, as police and probation struggle with influx of newly released offenders
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MI5 chief Ken McCallum confirms Russia did interfere in Brexit referendum but says it had little impact – as it happened
He argued there was no evidence to suggest the result of the Brexit vote had been swayed as a result of the effort
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Prisons crisis lays bare the issues with tagging criminals - Jayne Dowle
Thousands of prisoners are leaving jail early due to overcrowding and the public is being wrongly reassured that nevertheless, they will be kept under surveillance.
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Two men serving indefinite jail sentences freed after two decades
Convicted pair, plus third man released in August, have IPPs replaced after serving much longer than minimum terms
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‘I’ve finally got my son back – but my IPP sentence means he could be taken again’
Exclusive: Rachel* had spent nearly two decades living under the shadow of an indefinite jail term when she became a mother to Joshua* and turned her life around, but their world was torn apart by a sudden recall
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Scottish independence not on the table, minister insists after Brexit pledge
Fresh questions over Scottish independence come after first ministers of the UK’s three devolved nations met in Cardiff last month to declare jointly that ‘Westminster’s time is coming to an end’
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Justice secretary admits court backlog will continue to rise after U-turn
While Mr Norris insisted that scrapping the proposal would allow the government to reduce the backlog faster, he refused to commit to a target for bringing the backlog down
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Badenoch says Tories want policies ‘for everybody’ as she defends plan to let millionaires get free childcare – UK politics live
Conservative leader defends plan to extend free childcare to high earners, as Tory conference begins in Birmingham today
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Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.
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Hull MP wins jury trials campaign with Government U-turn
Sir Keir Starmer had attempted to reduce the number of jury trials, which he said would have cut the court backlog.
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Burnham scraps controversial Starmer plan to axe jury trials
The move is a U-turn on radical plans to cut thousands of jury trials across England and Wales in a bid to tackle the court backlog
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‘Thank you Andy Burnham’: prisoners react as they begin to leave under early release scheme – UK politics live
Hundreds of prisoners are being released early today across England and Wales in attempt to ease overcrowding
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Survivors ‘living in fear’ as hundreds of criminals due to be freed from jail
Hundreds of prisoners are due to be released from jail on Thursday as part of measures to deal with overcrowding
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‘Law and order has broken down’ say councillors ss they condemn early prison release
Law and order has “broken down” in part of Stockton, a meeting heard as the government’s early release scheme was condemned by Stockton…
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Minister pledges to cut courts backlog as funding agreed to recruit new magistrates
Weighty delays in the crown court process are a “top focus” for the new Lord Chancellor, he insists, as it emerges a record number of victims are waiting more than a year for their case to be heard.
