David Gauke, former Conservative lord chancellor, has said longer jail terms have been a “knee jerk” policy response to show government action
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Author: Jabed Ahmed
‘Tough on crime’ approach fuelling prison overcrowding crisis
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Penal populism has broken Britain’s prisons
Lazy “tough on crime” rhetoric has led to a crisis of overcrowding.
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Author: David Gauke
Justice system pushed to ‘brink of collapse’ by knee-jerk sentencing reform
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Author: Eliana Silver
Prison system crisis due to overreliance on long sentences, says Gauke review
Successive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report finds
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Author: Eleni Courea
E-scooters blamed for big jump in children caught in UK driving without insurance
Hundreds of teenagers have been given an IN10 police endorsement since 2020, says road safety charity
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Author: Hilary Osborne
Shocking images reveal damage at Chiltern Firehouse after fire started by pizza oven
More than 100 people were evacuated from the Marylebone venue on Friday night
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Author: William Mata, Jacob Phillips
British soldiers ‘needlessly at risk’ if sent to Ukraine without defence spending increase
Extra spending ‘vital’ if UK troops are to join peacekeeping mission, Starmer warned by former defence secretaries
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Author: Amy Gibbons
Starmer vows to ‘spend more’ on UK defence but other areas face cuts
Departments asked to model savings of up to 11% as government battles chronic squeeze on public finances
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Author: George Parker
Badenoch accused of competing with Farage to ‘fawn’ over Trump
Kemi Badenoch has been accused of “competing with Nigel Farage to fawn over Donald Trump” in a speech to a right-wing conference.
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Author: By Amelia Jenne
Kent pub shooting: CCTV captures sound of gunshots
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Author: Sky News
Badenoch likens Conservatives to Trump’s Maga movement
Tory leader says party is in ‘crisis’ and needs to reinvent itself after election defeat
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Author: Lucy Fisher
Kemi Badenoch: Western civilisation may fall without Tories
The Conservative leader has warned that British culture and identity is being eroded by migrants, adding that ‘some cultures are better than others’
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Author: Aubrey Allegretti, Chief Political Correspondent
UK weather: Is the cold coming to an end?
It has been a cold month so far but much milder weather is on the way.
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Author: @bbcweather
Freezing rain forecast before ‘spring-like’ temperatures in parts of the UK
Temperatures are expected to reach 15-16C for parts of the UK after wind and rain predicted by the Met Office.
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Author: Lauren Del Fabbro
Moment woman screams ‘he’s killed her’ after mum shot dead outside pub
CCTV footage near the Three Horseshoes Pub in Knockholt, Kent, captured a woman screaming: ‘He’s killed her!’
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Author: Sarah Hooper
Streeting says ‘hell of a lot’ still to do after PM says NHS has met its two million extra appointments pledge
Health secretary said he is not doing ‘victory laps’ as Labour says it has met its manifesto promise early
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Police search for man who was ‘dragged down Bury New Road’ during robbery
Three men wearing black are believed to have targeted the victim
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Author: Stephen Topping
Wolves’ reintroduction to Highlands could help native woodlands, says study
Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO2
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Author: Guardian staff reporter
‘Six out of 10’: Iceland boss and Labour backer grades UK government
Richard Walker laments record so far but welcomes more upbeat tone, planning reforms and move to better EU trading ties
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Author: Jasper Jolly
Regional growth and regeneration to be sparked by cash boost for Wales’ critical culture projects
The funding is the latest step in the Plan for Change to deliver economic growth across the country
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Author: Wales Office
Gang ‘ambushes’ hospital A&E after boy, 16, stabbed in broad daylight
Police have launched an investigation after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in broad daylight before a group of people ambushed a hospital
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Author: Zahra Khaliq, Paige Ingram
Police investigated over man’s death after officers attend reports of child being assaulted
The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating after a 45-year-old man died when police officers responded to reports of a child being assaulted.
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Author: Sky News
Sir Keir Starmer ‘must quickly’ raise defence spending or face ‘swingeing’ military cuts this year
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Author: Deborah Haynes
Woman found dead after police called to street in Warrington
Police and paramedics were called to the scene on Saturday night (February 15)
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Author: James Holt
