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What does government’s sentencing review mean for prisons?

Former Tory justice secretary David Gauke has called for overhaul of justice system in major sentencing review

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Author: Andy Gregory

UK to consider chemical castration for sex offenders to ‘minimise the risk of reoffending’

The author of a review into sentencing has said it would not be appropriate for every sexual offender.

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Author: Press Association

Net migration halved last year in boost to Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer announced plans he promised will ‘significantly’ reduce immigration this month

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Author: Archie Mitchell

Deal that will see UK hand over control of Chagos Islands to Mauritius will be signed today

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Author: Sky News

Paedophiles and sex criminals ‘will be CASTRATED’ under new plans

Drugs can be used to dull urges and slash offences by nearly two thirds, studied have shown.

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Author: Iwan Stone

‘Missing’ Jay Slater witness FOUND ‘on holiday in Tenerife’

Lucy Law, 20, was one of the last people to see Jay alive when he disappeared after a night out on the Spanish island last summer before being found dead a month later.

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Author: Andrew Chamberlain

Paedophiles and rapists face chemical castration in new crackdown

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is believed to be considering compelling offenders to undergo the irreversible process after they have been released

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Author: Bradley Jolly, Michael D. Carroll

UK to sign Chagos deal with Mauritius

The US and UK will maintain a key military base on the island for 99 years, under the multi-billion pound deal.

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Author: bbc.com

Member of Belfast rap trio Kneecap charged with terror offence

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh to appear in court in London next month over allegations of waving a Hizbollah flag at a concert

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Author: Jude Webber

Keir Starmer asked if more pensioners will get fuel payments next winter

The Prime Minister said further details will come at a ‘fiscal event’, likely to be the next budget in the autumn.

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Author: David Lynch

Shabana Mahmood considers chemical castration for serious sex offenders

Justice secretary expected to back radical sentencing reforms, including use of libido-suppressing drugs in England and Wales

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Author: Rajeev Syal

Newspaper headlines: Starmer’s ‘U-turn’ and Trump ‘ambush’

Sir Keir Starmer’s backtrack on winter fuel payments dominated the front pages of Thursday’s papers.

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Author: @BBCNews

What we learned from Jay Slater inquest – missing friends, drug cocktail and stolen Rolex

The inquest into the death of Jay Slater was suddely adjourned as a coroner examined the death of the 19-year-old who went missing in Tenerife in June last year

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Author: Charlotte Owen

Kneecap member charged with terrorism offence over flag displayed at London gig

Liam O’Hanna is due to appear in court on 18 June

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Author: Jordan Reynolds

Kneecap’s Liam O’Hanna charged after allegedly displaying pro-Hezbollah flag at gig

Performer with Northern Irish rap trio on terrorism charge after investigation by Met police into concert in London

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Author: Nadeem Badshah

Reeves wanted to be the Iron Chancellor, but U-turn is a fatal blow

The winter fuel payment reversal undermines the authority of Rachel Reeves, who opposed it

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Author: Daniel Martin

Starmer has made tax rises inevitable

The idea that Labour’s first Budget would be a ‘one and done’ cash grab was always for the birds

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Author: Telegraph View

Supreme Court rules public have right to wild camp on Dartmoor

The Supreme Court has given the public permission to go wild … wild camping that is.

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Author: @cathynewman

Jay Slater: Everything we know as inquest unveils new details about teenager’s death

Missing 19-year-old was last heard from in June 2024 before his body was found almost a month later

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Author: Josh Salisbury, Tamara Davison

Inquest on teenager Jay Slater’s death in Tenerife adjourned after mother’s plea

The 19-year-old from Lancashire vanished on the holiday island last summer.

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Author: Pat Hurst

Unanswered questions as Government reverses winter fuel payment cuts

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Author: Millie Cooke

Tommy Robinson charged with harassing journalists

Activist jailed in October after over breaches of injunction made in 2021

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

Gordon Brown suggests people on top rate of income tax should be excluded from winter fuel

The former prime minister, who introduced winter fuel as a universal benefit when chancellor, said there is a strong case for it, but suggests society’s richest pensioners could be exempt.