From the NHS to new homes, Starmer’s successes and setbacks – in charts
Keir Starmer has presided over a fall in immigration and a surge in renewables, but his record on crime and…
If we can’t keep rats out of Britain’s jails, we shouldn’t be putting children in them | Zoe Williams
Vermin are nothing new in prisons. Photograph: Eduard Lysenko/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenVermin are nothing new in prisons. Photograph: Eduard…
Drug diversion schemes cut reoffending rates more than prosecution, study says
Researchers examined outcomes across 13 English police forces and more than 62,000 criminal incidents over the past four years. Photograph:…
Two men jailed for putting lives at risk during small boat journeys to UK
Mohammad Tajik (circled), who pleaded guilty in April, abandoned the dinghy he was piloting in January when a rescue ship…
Lammy’s cuts to jury trials could have ‘far-reaching’ effect on race relations, say MPs
David Lammy wants to remove some defendants’ right to a jury trial to try to clear the backlog in the…
Staff at immigration detention centre wore England flags, report finds
Independent Monitoring Boards’ annual report included an update on the Home Office’s one-in-one-out policy, finding that it had led to…
Man jailed over 2003 Salford rape for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongly imprisoned
Paul Quinn being interviewed by police after DNA matching his own was found on the victim’s clothing. Photograph: Greater Manchester…
Man who murdered pregnant partner while faking livestream as alibi jailed for 31 years
Stephen McCullagh attacked someone he professed to love ‘in a frenzied assault, which was characterised by its excessive and gratuitous…
Electrician guilty of murdering partner and blowing up their London home
A court artist drawing of Clifton George (left) appearing at Snaresbrook crown court in east London. Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/Elizabeth Cook/PAView…
Government rejects proposal to allocate funds for domestic homicide reviews
The number of domestic abuse suicides has exceeded homicides for three years in a row. Photograph: Edward George/AlamyView image in…