The new guidance for judges to consider a criminal's ethnicity before deciding their punishment prompted Shabana Mahmood to write to the independent body to make clear her 'displeasure'.

Justice Secretary calls for sentencing guideline on ethnicity to be reversed Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said she will be writing to the Sentencing Council to ‘register my displeasure’.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been accused of having a 'knee-jerk' reaction to new sentencing guidelines - after she agreed with Tory Robert Jenrick's 'Trump-style' reply ...

The row comes after Shabana Mahmood asked the body to reconsider its guidance for judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity before deciding their punishment. 1.

In a letter to Shabana Mahmood, ... Poised to come into force next week, the fresh guidelines tell judges to consider a defendant's ethnicity when deciding whether to send them to prison.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has written to the independent body to make clear her ‘displeasure’ and call for changes to be reconsidered. The Sentencing Council has warned against ...

Kemi Badenoch called for the Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to change the law, and said the Conservatives “will back her”, after Ms Mahmood said she would “register my displeasure” to ...

Lord Chancellor, Shabana Mahmood, replied: “As somebody from an ethnic minority background, I do not stand for any differential treatment before the law for anyone.

Justice Secretary calls for sentencing guideline on ethnicity to be reversed Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said she will be writing to the Sentencing Council to ‘register my displeasure’.