Good morning. The Sentencing Council has suspended its plans to introduce guidelines to judges that would have discriminated ...
It was not quite at the eleventh hour – but it wasn’t too far off. The Sentencing Council has tonight decided to delay the ...
But the body, with has 14 members including eight judges, has backed down after Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood threatened ...
The guidelines advise that magistrates and judges get a pre-sentence report - giving further details of an offender's ...
Ministers mull axing Sentencing Council as law to reverse guidance is drawn up - Legislation will be introduced to overturn ...
A new Bill will be introduced to Parliament this week aimed at overturning the Sentencing Council guidance, it is understood.