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  • Press briefing: morning 15 May 2013

    The Prime Minister's Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on oil pricing, dementia and sentences for those who kill police officers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Criminal justice reform lecture

    Speech by Rt Hon Damian Green MP Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice on criminal justice reform.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK and Albanian Ministers sign Prisoner Transfer Agreement

    Albanian Minister of Justice Eduard Halimi and British Prisons Minister Jeremy Wright signed an agreement for Albanian citizens imprisoned in the UK to finish their prison sentences in Albania.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New sentences and criminal offences come into effect today

    From today a range of new criminal offences and sentences in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offender Act come into effect.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • You be the Judge

    People can now take on the role of a judge in a murder or a drug dealing case, on a Ministry of Justice website designed to make sense of sentencing.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Probation Minister calls for tougher community sentences

    Community Payback must be more intensive and delivered within days of an offender being sentenced, Jeremy Wright said.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Assent for Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

    The Government’s radical plans to reduce reoffending, reform the legal aid system and tackle the growth of compensation culture can start to…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Clarke: Tough intelligent sentences

    Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has today announced a new sentencing regime.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK Riots: Sentencing Explained

    As the courts deal with offenders following the recent riots across the UK, we explain how our sentencing system works.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Speech to the Norfolk Ecumenical Criminal Justice Forum

    Speech by Lord McNally covering the government's programme of reforms of sentencing and legal aid, and competition strategy for offender services.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM’s press conference on sentencing reforms

    A transcript of the press conference given by Prime Minister David Cameron on sentencing reforms in London on 21 June 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government