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  • Keir Starmer on a visit to a fabric manufacturer in Holmfirth, northern England.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Starmer ‘disappointed’ Sentencing Council won’t change guidelines that have prompted fears of two tier justice – as it happened

    Justice secretary says ‘all options are on the table’ and threatens to change law
  • Keir Starmer

    No 10 happy to dip its toe into culture wars in row with Sentencing Council

    Concerns over sentencing guidelines are genuine but government also hopes to win admirers with tough attitude
    • Keir Starmer says all options on table in ‘two-tier’ row with Sentencing Council

    • Trump targets another law firm over its ties to Robert Mueller

    • Government opens first-of-its-kind ‘green’ prison in East Yorkshire

  • Sasha Roseneil

    University of Sussex taking legal action over £585,000 free speech fine

  • Lady Justice

    Man who said woman ‘won’t get a cent’ ordered to pay $300,000 for defamation by NSW court

  • Woman holds sign saying Mi Hijo es Inocente (my son is innocent)

    US court upholds block on deportation of some Venezuelans in blow to Trump

  • Kim Leadbeater in the House of Commons

    ‘It became very fraught’: how assisted dying bill has changed on its way back to Commons

  • Former Citibank employee settles sex discrimination case<br>EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY MARCH 26 Undated handout photo issued by the Equality Commission of Maeve Bradley who alleged sex discrimination after she was not given the opportunity for promotion while on maternity leave has settled the case for £215,000. Mrs Bradley took the case against Citibank N.A. UK, supported by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. The case was settled without admission of liability. Issue date: Wednesday March 26, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story ULSTER Discrimination. Photo credit should read: Pacemaker/Equality Commission/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    Former Citibank exec settles maternity discrimination case for £215,000

  • Deb Frecklington

    LNP refuses to implement Queensland Human Rights Act review recommendations

  • Kiena Dawes

    UK police to charge more abusers with manslaughter after suicide of partner

    Change comes after death of Kiena Dawes, whose partner was cleared of manslaughter but convicted of domestic abuse
  • A doctor holding hands with a patient

    Death by euthanasia in the Netherlands increased 10% in 2024, figures show

    Watchdog urges ‘great caution’ with psychiatric illnesses after deaths in such cases rise to 219 from two in 2010
  • A policeman in a hi-vis vest and beret stands on a city street as women in hijabs pass by

    Rights and freedom
    Drones, informers and apps: Iran intensifies surveillance on women to enforce hijab law

    Iranian police are using digital tools to identify and punish women who defy the Islamic state’s harsh dress code
    • Christians worldwide urged to take legal action on climate crisis

    • A racist screaming the N-word and a Black person using it in conversation are poles apart. Why can’t the CPS see it?

      Nels Abbey
    • Trump’s imperial plan is now eroding the rights of people who thought they were safe

      Nesrine Malik
  • Esther Ghey

    Brianna Ghey’s mother calls for social media ban for under-16s

    Esther Ghey describes social media as ‘absolute cesspit’ at screening of film exploring teenage daughter’s murder
  • Chi Onwurah

    Labour head of Commons tech group warns No 10 not to ignore AI concerns

    Chi Onwurah urges government to bring forward AI safety bill instead of delaying it to curry favour with Donald Trump
  • A man in a suit stands with his hands raised

    Trump’s defiance of court orders is ‘testing the fences’ of the rule of law

    Administration’s ‘unprecedented degree of resistance’ to judiciary undercuts its authority and weakens democracy
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