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Article thumbnail: FILE - New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, after returning from Buckingham Palace where he was formally appointed to the post by Britain's King Charles III. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

'Prisoners to serve even less time' because Sunak rejected early release plan

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced scores of prisoners are to be released earlier than planned to prevent what she warned would be the collapse of the criminal justice system

Law and order crisis ‘weeks away’ due to prison overcrowding

Colin Pitchfork's parole hearing held in private due to 'fresh allegations'

Article thumbnail: 05/07/2024. London, United Kingdom. Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation, James Timpson OBE, poses for a photograph following their appointment to Cabinet by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street Image from https://www.flickr.com/people/number10gov/

Prisons, strikes and Trump among eight early flashpoints for Starmer

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Justice Secretary warns UK on verge of 'breakdown of law and order'