Search results for ‘Ministry of Justice’
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Government traffic courts to tackle case congestion
The government is planning to set up a new nationwide system of special traffic courts to speed up the half a million motoring cases currently dealt with by magistrates courts.
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FactCheck Q&A: police killers and life time sentences
After the home secretary announces plans to ensure people convicted of killing police officers get life for life, FactCheck digs in to the announcement.
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FactCheck: Why did Huhne and Pryce get out early?
It was widely reported today that Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce had been given time off “for good behaviour”. But there is no such thing, as FactCheck finds out…
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Vicky Pryce moves to open prison in the country
Disgraced Vicky Pryce moves to an open jail – after just four nights inside tough Holloway Prison, it is reported.
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FactCheck: the truth about the knife crime crackdown
As MPs call for tougher knife laws, David Cameron insists the government is already cracking down. FactCheck investigates.
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Richard III relatives call for York burial
The living relatives of King Richard III demand his remains are reburied in York after being identified during an archaeological dig at a council car park in Leicester.
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Quadruple murder suspect back in UK
A Chinese businessman suspected of killing all four members of a family in Northamptonshire in 2011 is arrested in Morocco and extradited back to the UK.
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CPS to look at treatment of abuse victim who killed herself
The Crown Prosecution Service says it will look again at the care given to acclaimed violinist Frances Andrade, who killed herself after giving evidence against her abusers.
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Chris Grayling’s rape claims treated with caution – FactCheck Q&A
Chris Grayling has urged greater use of cautions for rapists. Would that work? FactCheck finds out.
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Suppliers ordered to FSA meeting after latest meat scandal
The Food Standards Agency orders major food retailers and suppliers to an urgent meeting after the latest food foul-up – pork being found in halal prison food.
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Britain’s largest ever jail planned, six prisons to close
A prison holding more than 2,000 inmates, which would be Britain’s largest, could open under a plan that would see six existing prisons in England close.
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Prison closures – the key questions
Chris Grayling has announced plans to close six public jails in the biggest prison closure programme in decades. So where does that leave overcrowding? We answer a few key questions.
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Grayling plans rehabilitation reform for prisoners
New reforms could see prisoners serving sentences under 12 months forced to undertake a period of rehabilitation provided by private contractors under contracts that pay “by results”.
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Prisoner rehabilitation – the key questions
As the government introduces payment by results for prisoner rehabilitation, Channel 4 News looks at how the new scheme will work.
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FactCheck: Has Chris Grayling unlocked the prisoners’ dilemma?
Chris Grayling says a “rehabilitation revolution” driven by payment by results will cut re-offending. FactCheck digs in.