The government will introduce legislation to Parliament this week to override independent guidance on how offenders from ...

Moves to change the law come after the Sentencing Council refused a request from Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood to ...

The Sentencing Council may, however, cave to the pressure and suspend the guidelines after previously refusing to do so.

Controversial sentencing guidelines that were due to come into ... prompting her to warn that "all options" were on the table and she would "legislate if necessary". Here, Sky News takes a ...

It comes after the Sentencing Council refused a request from Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood to reconsider its new instructions for judges. The guidelines, which come into effect on Tuesday ...

She warned “all options are on the table” to overturn the guidance ... too late” on the new sentencing guidelines. The senior Tory, whose party was in Government when the guidelines were ...

In a statement, the Sentencing Council said its chairman, Lord Justice William Davis, met Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday morning. In the meeting, Lord Davis indicated the guidelines ...

The decision to stand firm on its changes to sentencing guidelines has put it at loggerheads ... Here’s an indicative chart from the Ministry of Justice’s latest report: This is the problem ...