Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said guilty defendants avoiding court was a ‘final insult to victims and their families’.

Mr Reed confirmed the proposals had been dropped during an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) committee session with MPs on Tuesday.

A landmark decision on allowing medics to help a terminally ill person commit suicide in England and Wales has been voted on after amendments.

William and Kate are named in the Innovators category where they are hailed by the US publication for modernising royal philanthropy. The Time100 Philanthropy 2025 is described as “the 100 most ...

The consultation period was extended from two weeks to six ‘in light of the level of public interest’, the Equality and Human Rights ...

Flight attendants in Spain have been told to hand back five months’ worth of salary increases after a row between the airline and a union.

The Government has pledged to prioritise any bid for compensation by a man who spent 38 years in prison after wrongly being convicted of murder. Speaking in Parliament, justice minister Lord Ponsonby ...

A 17-year-old youth has appeared in court charged with murdering teenager Kayden Moy during an attack on a beach. Kayden, 16, was attacked on Saturday on Irvine beach, North Ayrshire, and died in ...

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The Foreign Secretary has been “begged” to “save children’s lives” in Gaza as MPs from across the Commons urged him to refer to Israel’s actions in the region as a “genocide”. David Lammy announced ...

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Up to 20% of such products would be given to the WHO to ensure poorer countries have some access to them when the next pandemic hits. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has touted the ...