There is already a review of the sentencing system under way, led by former Conservative justice secretary David Gauke and ...

The Justice Secretary said ‘all must be equal before the law’ as the Government introduced a Bill following a row over ...

A proposed sentencing guideline in England and Wales has Brits and social media users roiling over a policy they say would ...

The Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill will be introduced on Tuesday. However, it needs to be debated and ...

Britain’s “FBI” has warned the Sentencing Council that its guidelines are letting off money launderers too lightly.

The Sentencing Council confirmed tonight that these guidelines have been suspended - after Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood ...

The Sentencing Council for England and Wales, which provides guidelines to judges on punishments, suspended on Monday plans ...

Government threatened to block rules that could have enabled criminals from minority backgrounds to avoid jail ...

But the body, with has 14 members including eight judges, has backed down after Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood threatened ...

Ministers have promised legislation to overturn the guidance and have not ruled out ultimately scrapping the Sentencing ...

THE humiliated quango boss who tried to impose two-tier sentencing must be dismissed, the Tories have demanded.  Lord Justice ...

The Sentencing Council was due to bring in new rules around how judges should determine punishment for people from ethnic ...