1 hour ago Prisoners celebrate as they walk free from jail on day government releases inmates early to ease overcrowding

Prisoners celebrated today as they walked free from jail on the same day the government released inmates early to ease overcrowding.

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2 hours ago Harris holds marginal lead over Trump with two weeks before Election Day, new polls show: Live

Kamala Harris narrowly ahead of Donald Trump, new survey finds, as presidential race remains on a knife edge with just two weeks to go

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2 hours ago Starmer ‘shares public’s anger’ as prisoners pictured leaving prison early

Around 1,100 inmates are expected to be freed in a second wave of early releases under the Government’s policy to free up prison space.

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3 hours ago ‘Big up Keir Starmer’ says inmate as he poses with Bentley after early prison release

Around 1,100 inmates to be freed early on Tuesday as part of government’s policy to free up prison space

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5 hours ago Braverman defends using personal email for work as minister, claiming there’s ‘tedious’ explanation – UK politics live

Suella Braverman forwarded government documents to her private email accounts at least 127 times while serving as attorney generalLast week Michael Gove, the former cabinet minister and Kemi Badenoch ally, said that Robert Jenrick would not be ideal as party leader because he looked like a “Tory boy”.In an interview with BBC Breakfast this morning, Jenrick hit back. As the Mirror reports, when asked about the jibe, Jenrick said:Well, the last person I would take advice from in a leadership contest I think is Michael Gove I don’t know what [Tory boy] really means I didn’t come from a traditional conservative background.Neither of my parents were card carrying members of the Conservative party I don’t consider myself to be a ‘Tory boy.’ I want the Conservative party to be the trade union ...

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5 hours ago More than HALF of prisoners released in the first three months of this year are already back in prison as probation chief warns Labour's prison overcrowding plans will be undermined by recalls

Martin Jones, His Majesty's Chief of Probation, told how for every 100 inmates released, 56 were recalled for reoffending or breaching their licence.

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6 hours ago David Gauke calls for end to ‘bidding war’ between parties as he is appointed to sentencing review – UK politics live

Former Conservative justice sectary to carry out review by Ministry of Justice considering alternatives to sending people to jailShabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, has said that mistakes that affected the first set of early prisoner releases under Labour should have been “ironed out” ahead of the second round take place today.In an interview with Times Radio, she said that 37 prisoners were released by mistake when around 1,700 inmates were released early in September. She went on:All 37 were returned to custody, and that operational part of the system actually ended up working exactly as it should.But those mistakes have now been ironed out, and I’m confident that the releases taking place will now be exactly as we need them to be, and victims who are required to be notified will ...

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7 hours ago New polls show Trump losing edge over Harris on economy two weeks out from Election Day: Live updates

Donald Trump previously led Kamala Harris on tax and housing but voters appear to be increasingly persuaded by vice president on the issue, new survey finds

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7 hours ago Susan Smith fights for prison release 30 years after drowning her children in fake carjacking

Smith has frequently written to reporters, true crime aficionados and potential suitors from prison

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