Lord Timpson told ITV News that short sentences are a 'disaster' for female prisoners, and that his government's reforms to ...

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer hits out at Reform UK leader, dubbing him a ‘wolf in Wall Street clothing’ who has ‘no ...

Nigel Farage is wooing City figures by promising to appoint a string of business leaders to ministerial roles, including in ...

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The lead story in May’s Inside Time (‘Help with the cost of living’), based on your interview with Prisons Minister Lord ...

LANDMARK new proposals to end the “cruel experiment” of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) jail terms were due to be launched at the House of Lords today.

Violence remained “excessively high” across the prison estate last year driven by overcrowding, inadequate mental health support and a surge in drug use, an independent watchdog has warned.

The Ministry of Justice said this is the first time a direct link has been drawn between increased violence behind bars and the overcrowding crisis.

COBBLERS chain Timpson has warned it will face a multi-million-pound hit from the Chancellor’s tax raid — just months after its boss quit to join the Government. The family-owned firm, known ...

Lord James Timpson stepped down as the group’s CEO in July 2024 when he joined the government. (Photo by Ben Whitley-WPA Pool/Getty Images) Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget tax hikes ...

THE Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, has accused the Government of using the Sentencing Council guidelines “to feed a culture war”.Speaking in the House of Lords last week during the ...

Lord Timpson also insisted he was taking a ”zero-tolerance” approach to assaults on prison staff following high-profile attacks at HMPs Frankland and Belmarsh. POA chairman Mark Fairhurst asked him ...