Vera Baird to lead commission informing work towards Labour’s crime mission
Labour has announced the creation of a new commission to inform the party’s work towards its crime ‘mission’…
criminal justice system
PMQs: Starmer leads on criminal justice failures while Sunak’s blows fail to land
Today was the first PMQs back after the Easter recess – and the first since the release of…
Sunak attack ad “not hard enough” amid “broken” justice system, Phillips argues
Jess Phillips has declared that Labour’s controversial attack ad on Rishi Sunak is “not hard enough” and that…
Labour attacks the Tory record on all fronts in the run-up to the local elections
Keir Starmer is out and about in Scunthorpe today in his latest excursion in the run-up to the…
Labour must grasp the moment and defend our criminal justice system
Everywhere one looks, the country is crumbling after 12 years of Tory government. The ‘winter of discontent’ of…
10,000 neighbourhood police officers cut since 2010, Labour analysis finds
The number of police officers and police community support officers assigned to neighbourhood roles has been cut by…
Labour calls on the government to take action over Tory ‘backlog Britain’
Labour will urge the government to take action on bottlenecks and delays – from ten-week waits to receive…
Labour’s approach to crime risks paying too little attention to its causes
Labour’s new Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed has claimed in a Mirror interview that Labour under Jeremy Corbyn…
Labour welcomes move to ensure abuse victims not “timed out of justice”
Yvette Cooper has welcomed the government’s acceptance of a Labour proposal to “stop victims of domestic abuse being…
Covid made a growing backlog of court cases worse – but austerity created it
In the 18 years I spent as a probation officer, things changed a lot. Like most people joining…
