Keir Starmer under pressure over 'two-tier' sentencing plan to consider minority criminals' background before deciding whether to jail them

The PM was urged to support a Bill the Tories say will stop the guidance, which advises judges to take a criminal's ethnicity or religion into account before sentencing them.

Mar 12, 2025 - 15:39
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Keir Starmer under pressure over 'two-tier' sentencing plan to consider minority criminals' background before deciding whether to jail them
The PM was urged to support a Bill the Tories say will stop the guidance, which advises judges to take a criminal's ethnicity or religion into account before sentencing them.