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The government will introduce new legislation to stop Sentencing Council's guidelines coming into effect
The Lord Chancellor opened the first meeting of the Women’s Justice Board with a clear mission statement to send fewer women to prison.
Technological innovations and international prison policies are among things being studied as part of the government’s Sentencing Review.
Public safety will be at the heart of an independent review into sentencing, as the government pledges to end the crisis in our prisons.
More victims will get the justice they deserve sooner under plans to give magistrates greater sentencing powers.
Tougher sentences for cowardly killers delivered a year on from Wade Review.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Proposals for review of IPP licence termination criteria and updated HMPPS IPP Action Plan
Society’s most depraved killers will face life behind bars with no chance of being released, under tough plans announced by the Prime Minister.
Landmark reforms to better protect the public and make our streets safer come into force today (28 June).
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Cutting crime and building safer communities will be at the heart of new legislation unveiled in Parliament today (9 March 2021).
A new code to simplify the country’s complex sentencing laws moved a step closer today (22 October 2020) as the Sentencing Act 2020 received Royal Assent.
Full text of the speech given by Robert Buckland QC to launch the White Paper - A Smarter Approach to Sentencing.
The Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC has today set out his plan for "smarter sentencing" to crack down on crime and protect the public by ensuring dangerous criminals are kept in prison for longer.
Today (28 April 2020) the government has published its final response to the Law Commission’s Report on the Sentencing Code.
Plans to simplify the country’s complex sentencing laws moved a step closer today (5 March 2020) as Ministers unveiled a Bill in Parliament.
The automatic early release of terrorist offenders will end as emergency legislation to ensure the public is protected receives Royal Assent.
Murderers and paedophiles who refuse to disclose information about their victims could spend longer behind bars as a bill to enact ‘Helen’s Law’ enters Parliament today (8 January 2020).
More victims will soon be able to ask for an offender’s sentence to be increased if they think the punishment is too lenient.
Murderers and paedophiles who hold back information on their victims could spend longer behind bars as a bill to enact ‘Helen’s Law’ enters parliament today (15 October 2019).
The Ministry of Justice will conduct an urgent review ordered by the Prime Minister, to ensure the public are properly protected from the most dangerous criminals.
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