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Shabana

since 2025 › Feb › 09 (Sun) @ 17:01 UTC

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7 days ago

Shabana Mahmood says UK will seek reform of human rights convention

found 2025 › Jun › 18 (Wed) @ 17:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Justice secretary says ‘public confidence in the rule of law is fraying’ but she wants to protect ECHR by changing it

Echoes of Brexit as Starmer is pressed to seize initiative on human rights

The just…

29 days ago

Cabinet minister breaks ranks to condemn assisted dying legislation - warning chaotic process means it hasn't been properly scrutinised

found 2025 › May › 27 (Tue) @ 11:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, said there was a 'curtailed' debate in the House of Commons over what would be 'such wide societal change'.

34 days ago

Chemical castration for paedophiles and other sex offenders will be piloted in 20 prisons and could be made mandatory, Justice Secretary announces

found 2025 › May › 22 (Thu) @ 12:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Shabana Mahmood announced the move in the Commons after a sentencing review found the measure was 'worthwhile' as a way to reduce reoffending.

Shabana Mahmood considers chemical castration for serious sex offenders

found 2025 › May › 22 (Thu) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Justice secretary expected to back radical sentencing reforms, including use of libido-suppressing drugs in England and Wales

Shabana Mahmood, the lord chancellor, is considering mandatory chemical ca…

42 days ago

Three new prisons to be built starting this year, UK justice secretary announces

found 2025 › May › 14 (Wed) @ 15:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Shabana Mahmood says jails will be part of a ‘record prison expansion’ amid overcrowding crisis in England and Wales

Three new prisons will be built, starting this year, as part of a “record prison e…

56 days ago

'Unacceptable' to question Supreme Court gender ruling, says minister

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 18:15 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Shabana Mahmood said judges at the UK's highest court had provided "legal clarity".

Justice Secretary admits some human rights claims by immigrants to avoid deportation 'don't stand up to scrutiny'

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 16:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Shabana Mahmood defended the Government's decision to launch a review of the use of the controversial 'right to private and family life' - under Article 8 of the human rights convention

89 days ago

Criminals handed longer sentences 'will be let out of prison early to make room in jails'

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Shabana Mahmood's remarks open up the prospect of offenders handed long jail terms getting less jail time as part of a sentencing review launched by Labour.

3 months ago

It's so unfair that being an ethnic minority might mean you're treated more leniently by a court. 'Two-Tier Keir' must act: PROFESSOR ANDREW TETTENBORN

found 2025 › Mar › 12 (Wed) @ 07:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Shabana Mahmood has known about the proposed changes since they first landed on her desk after her appointment last July. She sidestepped the issue then: it has now come back to bite her

Shabana Mahmood to hold crisis talks with sentencing chiefs over 'two-tier' justice plan for courts to consider ethnic background before jailing criminals

found 2025 › Mar › 11 (Tue) @ 16:12 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The new guidance for judges to consider a criminal's ethnicity before deciding their punishment prompted Shabana Mahmood to write to the independent body to make clear her 'displeasure'.

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