Raab’s reforms wrong, says ex-PM
Sir John Major says ministers should not prevent prisoner releases
The former Conservative prime minister Sir John Major KG CH has criticised government proposals that he said would allow a minister to veto the release of prisoners.
Under the Victims and Prisoners Bill, to be debated by MPs next Monday, the secretary of state would have the power to call in the case of a prisoner convicted of a specified serious offenc…
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