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

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

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

The members of the Sentencing Council have been pushed into a humiliating climbdown – but it may well be too late to save ...

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

The Sentencing Council has delayed the implementation of new sentencing guidelines that could have led to criminals getting ...

In a sense I am also grateful to the Sentencing Council. The decision to stand firm on its changes to sentencing guidelines ...

The independent body that issues guidelines on sentencing is pushing ahead with changes which critics claim could lead to ...

The row broke out after the body in charge of sentencing set guidelines saying ethnicity and gender should be considered ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood urged the quango to reverse the plans and threatened to abolish the Sentencing Council or ...

It was not quite at the eleventh hour – but it wasn’t too far off. The Sentencing Council has tonight decided to delay the ...

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