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Sentencing: what next?

Sentencing: what next?

Justice secretary to see Sentencing Council as Conservatives ramp up pressure

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Joshua Rozenberg
Mar 12, 2025
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The justice secretary is to meet the Sentencing Council later this week, she announced yesterday. Shabana Mahmood promised MPs that she would “consider its role and powers”.

Shabana Mahmood

She told her Conservative shadow Robert Jenrick:

If I need to legislate, I will do so, but I will ensure that whatever changes I bring forward are workable and deliver …

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