The lord chancellor has repeated her promise to 'legislate as necessary' following the Sentencing Council's rejection of her ...

Lord Chancellor's speech at the 2025 King's Counsel appointment ceremony, recognising those who have been formally appointed ...

The Sentencing Council has refused a request from the Lord Chancellor to change guidance that prompted a row over “two-tier ...

A Labour MP has called for the Sentencing Council to be abolished, arguing the quango is out of step with Brits in a row over ...

Former Tory justice secretary Sir Robert Buckland also suggested he had no truck with accusations the Government was ...

Lord Chancellor’s speech at the 2025 King’s Counsel appointment ceremony honoured new appointees and their contributions to law In her speech at the 2025 King’s Counsel appointment ceremony, the Lord ...

Your weekly update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: new two-form TA6 approach, lord chancellor ...

Public safety must never be put at risk again by the failure to have enough prison places", Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said as she opened a new ...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will give an update in the Spring Statement, which is not a budget, on her plans for the UK ...

Rachel Reeves’s claim that her £25bn National Insurance raid on employers will not affect “ordinary people” is wrong, the ...