London (AFP) – Britain's government on Tuesday introduced legislation to block new sentencing guidelines taking into account ...

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

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood had promised to introduce legislation to block the changes (Ben Whitley/PA) Plans for new ...

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

The Government has vowed to fight the Sentencing Council over making it harder to send people from ethnic minorities to jail ...

Immediately after tabling his own emergency Bill, which gives the Secretary of State powers to block and amend sentencing council guidelines, Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary ...

Britain's government on Tuesday introduced legislation to block new sentencing guidelines taking into account a defendant's ethnic or cultural background, on the grounds it would give the ...

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

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