3 h. ago Scottish Child Payment and other Scots benefits set to increase

The Social Justice Secretary is set to make the announcement on Thursday.

Politics

8 h. ago Justice Secretary calls for sentencing guideline to be reversed over ethnicity

The Sentencing Council published new principles for judges to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences on Wednesday.

Society

9 h. ago Justice Secretary calls for sentencing guideline on ethnicity to be reversed

Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said she will be writing to the Sentencing Council to ‘register my displeasure’.

Society

17 h. ago Justice Secretary says backlog will go up despite record court sitting days

The major review led by Sir Brian Leveson is expected to report on reforms to the court system in the spring.

Society

27 h. ago Crown court judges to sit at record level to tackle delays – Justice Secretary

The Government also confirmed funding for repairs and maintenance for courts will rise from £120 million last year to £148.5 million this year.

Events

5 d. ago Prisoners could earn early parole through good behaviour and working

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been on a fact-finding mission to Texas.

Events

7 d. ago Blenheim staff woken by breaking glass during gold toilet theft, court told

On Wednesday jurors sitting at Oxford Crown Court heard from the written statements of witnesses to the break-in.

Events

8 d. ago SNP ministers accused of 'trying to ride two horses' in Dr Beth Upton trans row

Shirley-Anne Somerville, the Social Justice Secretary, faced questions in Holyrood

Politics

1 week ago Philippe Clement flummoxed by Rangers situation as ball placed in board's court after mass fan walkout

Rangers boss at a loss to explain poor display in 2-0 defeat by St Mirren

Events

1 week ago Salman Rushdie trial jury deliberations begin in New York stabbing case

Hadi Matar, 27, faces up to 25 years in prison if found guilty of attempting to murder British American novelist in 2022The jury began deliberating on Friday afternoon in the trial of a man charged with stabbing and trying to kill the author Salman Rushdie as he delivered a lecture at a literary gathering in western New York state in 2022.Jurors sitting in Chautauqua county court received the case after lawyers delivered their closing arguments, wrapping up seven days of testimony that included a vivid account from Rushdie of how he was certain he was going to die after being rushed on stage by a man with a knife. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds

David Gauke, former Conservative justice secretary, has said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee-jerk’ policy response to show government action

Events

2 w. ago SNP Justice Secretary 'not able to say' how many violent offenders released early from jail

Angela Constance said violent offenders are "not an insignificant proportion of people serving short-term sentences".

Society