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  • Year of targeted action to better protect women

    Tougher sentences for cowardly killers delivered a year on from Wade Review.

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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Proposals for review of IPP licence termination criteria

    Proposals for review of IPP licence termination criteria and updated HMPPS IPP Action Plan

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  • PM announces new plans so society's most depraved killers will face life behind bars

    Society’s most depraved killers will face life behind bars with no chance of being released, under tough plans announced by the Prime Minister.

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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Public safety boost as major justice reforms come into force

    Landmark reforms to better protect the public and make our streets safer come into force today (28 June).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Justice overhaul to better protect the public and back our police

    Cutting crime and building safer communities will be at the heart of new legislation unveiled in Parliament today (9 March 2021).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Sentencing Code granted Royal Assent

    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.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Lord Chancellor’s Speech: White Paper Launch - A Smarter Approach to Sentencing

    Full text of the speech given by Robert Buckland QC to launch the White Paper - A Smarter Approach to Sentencing.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Radical sentencing overhaul to cut crime

    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.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government response to Law Commission report on the Sentencing Code

    Today (28 April 2020) the government has published its final response to the Law Commission’s Report on the Sentencing Code.

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  • Sentencing Code unveiled in Parliament

    Plans to simplify the country’s complex sentencing laws moved a step closer today (5 March 2020) as Ministers unveiled a Bill in Parliament.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Automatic early release of terrorists ends

    The automatic early release of terrorist offenders will end as emergency legislation to ensure the public is protected receives Royal Assent.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • ‘Helen’s Law’ returns to Parliament

    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).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Public given power to question ‘lenient’ prison sentences

    More victims will soon be able to ask for an offender’s sentence to be increased if they think the punishment is too lenient.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Helen’s Law takes vital step closer

    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).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Sentencing review to look at most dangerous and prolific offenders

    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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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • PM launches sentencing review to look at most dangerous and prolific offenders

    The work will focus on violent and sexual offenders and whether they are serving sentences that truly reflect the severity of their crimes.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government moves closer to introducing Sentencing Code

    The new Sentencing Code to simplify and tidy up the country’s complex sentencing laws moved a step closer today (23 May 2019), as the government introduced a Bill in Parliament.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Justice Secretary David Gauke sets out long-term for justice

    David Gauke today (18 February 2019) set out his vision for a "smart" justice system to reduce reoffending, protect the public and ensure serious criminals receive the punishment they deserve.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Jail time to double for assaulting an emergency worker

    New law protecting emergency workers from assault to receive Royal Assent today (Thursday 13 September 2018).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Life sentences for killer drivers

    Ministers confirm plans to introduce tougher sentences for those who drive irresponsibly and devastate lives.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government