Two 15-year-old boys, previously spared custody for raping two girls, have been sentenced to four years' detention after the court of appeal ruled their original sentences "unduly lenient". The convictions stemmed from separate incidents in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, in November 2024 and January last year.
The UK Attorney General's Department has stopped posting official updates on X due to concerns about the platform being used to incite violence and racism. The decision follows recent riots and a surge in misinformation, with bad actors allegedly using X to sow discord.
The UK Attorney General's office has ceased posting on X, becoming the first government department to do so due to concerns about the platform inciting violence and racism. The decision follows recent disorder in Southampton and Belfast, where far-right groups allegedly used X to promote protests.
The UK Attorney General's office has ceased posting on X, citing concerns over the platform's use in inciting violence and racism. This marks the first UK government department to leave the platform, following incidents in Southampton and Belfast.
The UK Attorney General's office has ceased posting on X, becoming the first government department to do so due to concerns over the platform's role in inciting violence and racism. The decision follows recent disorder in Southampton and Belfast, linked to far-right agitators using the platform.
Former Home Secretary Dominic Grieve suggested the Attorney General might review "unusual" non-custodial sentences for three teenage boys convicted of rape. Barrister Charlotte Proudman argued such sentences risk deterring victims from reporting sexual violence.
PM on the brink with Yvette Cooper and Shabana Mahmood believed to be among those urging him to set out a timetable for departureStarmer on the brink as cabinet ministers urge him to quitGood morning. “Stories beat spreadsheets,” Keir Starmer declared in his speech yesterday. But yesterday was a day when the spreadsheets had the upper hand. Most news organisations were using them to keep a track of Labour MPs who were coming out and calling for Starmer’s resignation and, after his speech in the morning, the numbers started to escalate. Here is the LabourList one; by the end of last night they were on 77.The sort of names on the spreadsheets changed too. Initially it was mostly leftwingers calling for the PM to go, with the Andy Burnham supporters stressing the need for a timetable for an orderly transition (ie – a slow process, allowing Burnham to win a byelection before a leadership contest). But in the afternoon government loyalists, and some prominent Wes Streeting supporters, started speaking out. And by early evening parliamentary private secretaries (technically, people on the government “payroll”) were joining in too.The Guardian understands that two senior cabinet ministers – Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, and Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary – told the prime minister he should oversee an orderly transition of power after crushing election defeats risked ringing the death knell on his premiership.At least two others – believed to be John Healey and David Lammy – discussed with Starmer how they should take a “responsible, dignified, orderly” approach to what might follow. Several others – including Richard Hermer and Steve Reed – were defiant, urging him to fight on. Continue reading...
Geoffrey Robertson KC, founder of Keir Starmer's barristers' chambers, has strongly criticized proposed restrictions on jury trials in England and Wales, calling them a 'betrayal of Labour values' and a 'cure worse than the disease'.
