Labour has accused Reform UK of being in "open warfare" in a crowing attack on Nigel Farage's party amid an apparent rift between its leader and MP Rupert Lowe.
It comes after Lowe suggested that Farage acts like a "messiah" - and said he would not be “by Nigel’s side at the next election” unless there were changes to the party’s governance.
Lowe told the Mail: "Nigel is a messianic figure who is at the core of everything but he has to learn to delegate, as not everything can go through one person."
Farage rejected the criticism of his leadership, telling The Telegraph: "It’s difficult to have a front bench with only five MPs, isn’t it? And he’s one of them."
Now, Sir Keir Starmer's party has turned on Reform UK, accusing the party of infighting, suggesting the party would bring in "chaos" if they were ever elected into power.
A Labour spokesman said: "It’s open warfare in Reform’s ranks. But while Nigel Farage’s top team fight amongst themselves, it’s their plans that would harm the public in areas like healthcare.
"We know Farage wants to charge patients thousands to access treatment, but Rupert Lowe himself also calls the NHS ‘a fraud’.
"Just imagine the chaos this lot would unleash if they got into power. It’s just not a risk worth taking."
Farage rejects Lowe's claims that Reform UK is a 'protest' party
Nigel Farage has hit back at Rupert Lowe after his fellow Reform MP said he was not sure if his "messianic qualities" made him a good leader.
Great Yarmouth MP Mr Lowe said in an interview that it was "too early to know whether Nigel will deliver."
He called for a "proper plan to change the way we govern from top to bottom" before the next election.
Farage told TalkTV that without his personal following, the party would not have won any of its five seats in Parliament in July.
The Clacton MP also said there would not have been a "cat’s chance in hell" of Mr Lowe winning his seat. He rejected that Reform UK is a protest party and said it is "making great strides."
Labour MP says Musk should not be allowed to funnel money into UK politics
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REUTERSA Labour MP has said Elon Musk should not be allowed to funnel money into UK politics.
Stella Creasy joined MPs’ calls on the Government to “deal with the businesses” that foreign individuals can use to donate to UK political parties.
Communities minister Rushanara Ali said the Government is looking at a “series of policy interventions” to “protect our democracy”.
Individuals must be eligible to vote and on the UK electoral register if they want to give money to a political party. But some organisations are also able to donate, including UK-registered companies that trade in the country, even if they are owned by foreign individuals.
Creasy, the MP for Walthamstow said: "We have charity-gagging laws, but we do nothing to deal with the businesses that are behind this and are funding these activities."
She said "donating to a political party is a noble thing to do", but described a possible donation by Musk as a "national security threat", which could have triggered an emergency meeting in Whitehall.
Lammy personally intervened to support Chinese 'massive spy hub' embassy
David Lammy personally intervened to support a new Chinese embassy in London as it would be "in the interest" of Beijing.
The Telegraph reports campaigners and politicians have expressed security concerns about the plan, which would lead to China taking over a former Royal Mint building near the Tower of London for its UK headquarters.
The Foreign Secretary wrote to Angela Rayner in September asking her to “call in” the decision, going against a local council and paving the way for the embassy to be approved.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "As has been widely reported, both the Foreign Secretary and the Home Secretary submitted written representations on this issue given the national security ramifications."
Nigel Farage faces call to suspend Reform MP Rupert Lowe as senior Tory wades in on rift: ‘We’ll see what he’s made of’
Nigel Farage should consider removing the Reform whip from Rupert Lowe after an act of “defiance”, according to Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp.
Speaking on GB News, the senior Tory MP was reacting to the Reform MP warning that party figures "have to start behaving as if we are leading and not merely protesting."
He also branded Nigel a "messiah" who should focus on making Reform a "properly structured party with a front bench."
Lib Dems accuse Labour of 'sticking their head in the ground' over EU mobility scheme
Lib Dem MP for Richmond Park Sarah OlneyParliament.tvThe Liberal Democrats have slammed Labour's stance over a youth mobility scheme, saying they need a "common sense approach."
Sarah Olney MP said: "Brits overwhelmingly back a youth mobility scheme, which would be a win-win for the UK and Europe. Yet the Government is sticking its head in the sand and refusing to listen.
"Not only could the scheme give young people the opportunity to study, work and expand their horizons in Europe, but it could also give Britain a much needed economic boost and begin cutting down some of the red tape that resulted from the Conservative's botched deal with the EU.
"It is the common sense approach for the Government to extend a scheme we already have in place with Australia and Japan, to our neighbours and friends in Europe."
Labour urges men to lead by example and challenge those seeking to 'erase' women
Labour former minister Dawn Butler appealed to men and boys at risk of “turning to the far-right” or becoming incels to change their behaviour and play a positive role in society.
She also said it is “quite scary” to see men in power “erasing women and our achievements”, adding there are men watching on who “must speak out”.
The MP for Brent East’s remarks came as she opened the annual International Women’s Day in the House of Commons.
Butler said: "I’ve been told that heterosexual, straight white men and boys are feeling that there’s no place for them anymore in society and that is why they’re turning to the far-right, and that really saddens me because there is a place for everyone in society.
"Of course there’s a place for straight white men and boys and a very important role for them to play in society, and we will hear a lot today that one woman is killed every three days and 97% of them are killed by men, the majority of them white.
"So if we want to protect women we need to reach out to those men – the ones that are informed, the ones that are kind, the ones that are loving – and we need to say that we need you now more than ever before.
"Because right now there are some serious, toxic, misogynistic men and some of them stray and they are harming women, they are harming society, they are harming gay people, they are harming black people and this is the very foundation of which we live and we need to say no."
ANOTHER setback for Reform UK as hawkish Starmer's Ukraine support sparks Farage backslide
Reform UK has been handed another polling setback this afternoon
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Reform UK has been handed another polling setback this afternoon after sliding back two points in a Find Out Now survey.
Find Out Now - which has consistently handed Reform more favourable results than other pollsters - has still placed Nigel Farage's party in first place, but Labour's sudden uptick in popularity has placed the party of Government just one point behind.
The decline has sparked a scathing attack from the Conservatives - who still sit five points behind Reform, remaining static since Find Out Now's last survey.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: "This internecine warfare at the top of Reform just goes to show that their MPs are more concerned with their own egos, and advancing their personal ambitions, rather than standing up for the British people.
"With one of Farage's most senior MPs doubting his leadership abilities and admitting that Reform is a protest party with no plan, it is clear that Reform are not serious, and will always put self-interest above our national interest.
"The British public deserve solutions, not just empty slogans. Only the Conservatives, under Kemi Badenoch's leadership, can be trusted to be a real opposition, and real alternative, to this dreadful Labour Government."
Ben Habib turns up the heat on extraordinary Lowe-Farage rift as he urges leader to 'reform Reform'
Ben Habib has waded into a growing debate on Rupert Lowe's remarks about Nigel Farage
PABen Habib has waded into a growing debate on Rupert Lowe's remarks about Nigel Farage with a dire warning to his former boss.
Habib, who served as Reform UK's co-deputy leader until last summer, wrote on social media: "The issues with which Rupert Lowe is grappling are all those with which I had to grapple.
"If the party had been genuinely democratised, as I've been advocating since before I joined Reform, with checks and balances introduced, this would not have happened.
"No organisation can succeed on the shoulders of one man. Reform needs broadening and deepening.
"Rupert is one of the best MPs. For the sake of the country, Nigel Farage needs to reform Reform."
READ IN FULL: Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood's letter to Sentencing Council
Dear Lord Justice Davis, I am writing to you regarding the revised Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline, published on March 5 2025.
The consultation was undertaken under the last Government, between November 2023 and February 2024.
I understand the official response by the then Government was supportive of the updated guidelines, and did not raise any concerns about any aspect of them.
No Minister in this Government has approved this guidance or was involved in the consultation.
I must make clear my displeasure at the direction that this guideline took in recommending differing approaches for those from ethnic minorities, cultural minorities and/or from a faith minority background.
The guideline states that a pre-sentence report will normally be considered necessary for these cohorts.
A pre-sentence report can be instrumental in assisting courts in the determination of their sentence.
But the access to one should not be determined by an offender's ethnicity, culture or religion.
As someone who is from an ethnic minority background myself, I do not stand for differential treatment before the law like this.
For that reason, I am requesting that you reconsider the imposition of this guideline as soon as possible.
I will also be considering whether policy decisions of such import should be made by the Sentencing Council and what role Ministers and Parliament should play.
For that reason, I will be reviewing the role and powers of the Sentencing Council alongside the work of the Independent Sentencing Review.
If necessary, I will legislate in the Sentencing Bill that will follow that review.
I request an urgent meeting to discuss all this with you as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
S Mahmood
Robert Jenrick to launch judicial review against Sentencing Council unless it drops 'two-tier' guidance
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has said he will launch a judicial review against the Sentencing Council
PAShadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has said he will launch a judicial review against the Sentencing Council for its "two-tier" guidance to judges and magistrates.
Writing on social media this afternoon, Jenrick said: "I will be challenging this sentencing guidance in the courts on the grounds it enshrines anti-white and anti-Christian bias into our criminal justice system.
"And if Labour won't amend the law to prevent this, the Conservatives will. There are few more important principles than equality under the law - we will fight tooth and nail to defend it."
Abbott brands 'two-tier justice' claims 'NONSENSE' before embarking on anti-Labour social media spree
Diane Abbott has branded claims of "two-tier justice" in Britain "nonsense" in a triple-header social media spree of attacks on the Government.
Reacting to the spat between Robert Jenrick and Shabana Mahmood, the Corbynista MP wrote: "Of course, this is nonsense.
"There already exists two-tier policing and justice in this country, as Government data shows.
"Black people are much more likely to be charged, much more likely to be convicted, and then get harsher sentences for the same offences."
She also took aim at Labour's foreign aid cuts and billion-pound Ukraine missile funding drive in two further posts.
In one, she hailed Northern Irish First Minister Michelle O'Neill as a "real leader" after the Sinn Fein heavyweight said that "rather than buying weapons of war, I would rather see the money invested in public services".
And in another, she wrote: "Cuts for the poor because 'there's no money left'... But billions for arms manufacturers and in hand-outs for rip-off energy companies!"
Reform MP Rupert Lowe says 'it's too early to know' if Nigel Farage will be 'good PM' in extraordinary remarks about own leader
Reform UK's Rupert Lowe has said it is 'too early to know' whether Nigel Farage will be a good Prime Minister
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Reform UK's Rupert Lowe has said it is "too early to know" whether Nigel Farage will be a good Prime Minister in a series of unprecedented remarks about his own party leader.
Lowe, who had sat in the European Parliament under Farage in the Brexit Party, warned the Mail it was "too early to know whether Nigel will deliver the goods" - and "can only deliver if he surrounds himself with the right people".
Since January's re-emergence of Britain's grooming gangs fury, the Great Yarmouth MP has received the backing of tech tycoon Elon Musk, who said: "I have not met Rupert Lowe, but his statements online that I have read make a lot of sense."
Lowe has now admitted that he is "in the betting to be the next Prime Minister," - but added: "I don't know where this has come from."
And in a further warning shot at his leader, he warned: "I'm not going to be by Nigel's side at the next election unless we have a proper plan to change the way we govern from top to bottom.
"We can't raise the hopes of people who are so frustrated with the way we are governed and then flunk it."
He continued: "We have to change from being a protest party led by the Messiah into being a properly structured party with a frontbench, which we don't have.
"We have to start behaving as if we are leading - and not merely protesting.
"Nigel is a messianic figure who is at the core of everything but he has to learn to delegate, as not everything can go through one person... We have to start developing policy which is going to change the way we govern."
"Will those messianic qualities distil into sage leadership? I don't know," he jabbed.
Healey secures mega-deal in Washington as Britain fills US military void in Ukraine
The British Government has signed a deal with an Anglo-American defence company to provide Ukraine's armed forces with more advanced attack drones to tackle Russian attacks in the Black Sea, the Ministry of Defence has said.
It comes as Defence Secretary John Healey is locked in talks with American counterpart Pete Hegseth today - as Europe prepares to unleash hundreds of billions of Euros of military spending at a major EU summit in Brussels..
It's not just the UK securing breakthroughs.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said - after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron in France - that European nations' defence capabilities must be strengthened.
"My meetings in France confirmed that while we may disagree on the modalities of peace, we do agree that we must strengthen the defence capabilities of European nations, and these efforts should empower member states rather than Brussels bureaucrats," Orban said on social media ahead of the summit.
COMPARED: Donald Trump's first 45 days in power v Keir Starmer's first 8 months
In the first six weeks of US President Donald Trump’s second administration, decisive action and executive orders reshaped key policies - border control, spending cuts, and rolling back DEI pledges.
In the first eight months of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's tenure, the Labour leader has U-turned on the key deterrent for illegal migration, made cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment for millions of pensioners and bolstered his support for Ukraine, increasing defence spending.
WHO DO YOU BELIEVE HAS ACHIEVED MORE?
Starmer backs call for new justice guidelines amid fears over 'two-tier' sentencing rules
Sir Keir Starmer has endorsed the Justice Secretary’s call for a reversal of new guidance for judges over concerns about “two-tier” sentencing, Downing Street said.
No10 refused to “get ahead of” Shabana Mahmood writing to the Sentencing Council and awaiting their response when asked if the Prime Minister feels strongly enough to legislate to overturn the changes.
A Downing Street spokesman said: “The first step as the Justice Secretary set out is for her to write to the Sentencing Council. We await their response.
“I’m not going to get ahead of that process.”
The spokesman said the Prime Minister “backs [the Justice Secretary’s] comments.”
Ukraine's UK ambassador: 'America is DESTROYING the world order'
The United States is "destroying" the "international rules-based order" by trying to meet Russia "halfway" on a peace deal in Ukraine, the country's ambassador to the UK has warned.
Valerii Zaluzhnyi told a conference at the Chatham House think tank that a thawing in Russo-American relations under Donald Trump were "a huge challenge" - and said Nato could collapse while Europe could become Vladimir Putin's next target.
"We see that it is not just the axis of evil and Russia trying to revise the world order, but the US is finally destroying this order," he said.
Ex-Ukrainian armed forces chief Zaluzhnyi, who took over as Volodymyr Zelensky's ambassador to London in 2024, also said the White House had "questioned the unity of the whole Western world".
He added that talks between the US and Russia - "headed by a war criminal" - showed that the Trump White House "makes steps towards the Kremlin, trying to meet them halfway".
Eddie Dempsey elected RMT boss after unopposed leadership bid
Eddie Dempsey has been elected as general secretary of the RMT
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Eddie Dempsey has been elected as general secretary of the RMT following the retirement of Mick Lynch, the union has said.
Dempsey, who ran unopposed to replace unionist firebrand Lynch - vowed not to "take the foot off the gas" in the group's ongoing campaign for better pay.
"For the last 20 years we have focused laser-like on things that divide us - it's true of the left as well as the right.
"The role of unions has to be a voice for unity, promoting a world of decent pay and jobs, a good education for our children, a health service that looks after people when they are sick and a pension giving dignity in retirement," he said.
Starmer told to plan for 'terrifying strategic betrayal' as Donald Trump could end Trident missile partnership
Sir Keir Starmer has been told to put plans in place for the "terrifying strategic betrayal" of Donald Trump bringing the UK-US Trident nuclear missile partnership to an end.
The missiles, designed in the US by Lockheed Martin, are jointly maintained - which costs far less than if the Royal Navy were to carry out the work on its own.
But much of Britain's nuclear stockpile is kept in the States - while in-service Trident missiles are sent across the Atlantic for periodic refurbishing.
Defence industry analyst Nicholas Drummond said that while it was "extremely unlikely" that Trump would sever the nuclear partnership, Britain needed to plan for a future in which he refuses to give the UK the missiles for its nuclear deterrent.
Such a refusal would be a "strategic betrayal on a grand scale that would damage him and America," Drummond told The Telegraph.
"When it comes to support and maintenance, I would say that we are largely dependent on the US for parts and technical assistance. If this was withdrawn, it would also weaken our deterrent," he said.
"Anyone who suggested this a year ago would have been dismissed as an idiot. Now it is a scenario that we need to plan for."
Former Defence Select Committee Chair Tobias Ellwood, however, counselled calm.
"Whatever [Trump] decides, it won't affect our current ability - because he will be out of office by the time the missiles need to be replaced," he said.
'They're TERRIFIED!' Tice launches assault on Scotland as 'desperate' SNP and Labour face down surging Reform UK
John Swinney and Labour leader Anas Sarwar (inset) are 'terrified' of Reform UK, Richard Tice has said
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Scottish First Minister John Swinney and Labour leader Anas Sarwar are "terrified" of Reform UK, Richard Tice has said.
The party's deputy leader, speaking to the BBC ahead of announcing the defection of two more councillors to Reform, said it has "almost got more members now in Scotland than the Labour Party".
"We're going up in the polls, I think you're going to see us by the summer around 20 per cent," he said. "We've almost got more members now in Scotland than the Labour Party.
"I think that's the reason why John Swinney and the Labour Party, Anas Sarwar, are terrified."
Swinney recently vowed to "lock out" Nigel Farage's party from the Scottish Parliament - and claimed the Brexit heavyweight was "fundamentally racist" and "represents bigotry".
But Tice insisted the SNP boss was wrong, and said he was "being juvenile because he is terrified".
"I think desperate people throw out silly, juvenile slogans," Tice said.
"At the end of the day, trust the electorate, and the reason we are going up in the polls is because our policies are the policies that will make people better off."
Ireland will 'do anything it can' to help Starmer's EU 'reset' as Labour ramps up Brussels love-in
The Prime Minister hailed how 'we're strengthening our alliance with the EU' at the UK-Ireland summit
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Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin has vowed that his country will do anything it can to help Sir Keir Starmer's plot to "reset" the UK's relationship with the European Union.
Speaking at a UK-Ireland summit in Liverpool, Martin said: "It's an extremely important relationship for Ireland - and when the UK economy does well, the Irish economy does well.
"So as far as we are concerned, this is a joint effort and endeavour. In that context, as I've said to the Prime Minister, anything we can do to facilitate greater harmony and access to the EU markets the better in terms of goods and services.
"Or, to put it another way, reduce barriers if that's possible."
While Starmer added: "We are having this summit, we are embarking on the next chapter for our two countries, binding them ever closer together in circumstances where we’re living in an ever more volatile world.
"I think that a reset, bringing our countries closer together, is the obvious and right thing to do in any event... We're strengthening our alliance with the EU."
Labour refuses to rule out MORE taxes in fresh assault on working Britons
A Labour Minister has refused to rule out any new taxes as Rachel Reeves gears up to chop public spending in her Spring Statement.
Industry Minister Sarah Jones told ITV's Good Morning Britain: "I'm not going to speculate. I’m sorry about that, on what the Chancellor may or may not do.”
"We know that we are waiting for the OBR, that we are looking at our spending, that we are investigating every penny that we spend in government, so that we are spending taxpayers' money wisely."
Probed again on whether tax rises could be looming, Jones said: "I'm not going to speculate on anything that may or may not come from the Chancellor.
"Those are her decisions to make, and she will make them in the national interest."
Hawkish Labour MPs urge banks to class defence investments as 'ethical' in bid to turn on the tap to military spending surge
The "Labour Growth Group" of more than 100 party MPs and peers have written to British banks and fund managers urging them to stop classing defence investments as "unethical", the Financial Times reports.
In a major bid to boost Britain's arms industry, an open letter - signed by ex-Nato head Lord George Robertson, Royal Navy chief admiral Lord Alan West, and Defence Select Committee chairman Tan Dhesi - has called on financiers to scrap "ill-considered" environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment requirements.
It warns how ESG rules "often wrongly exclude all defence investment as 'unethical'" - and says scrapping them would turn on "the financial taps to the firms that stand ready to deliver the best of British innovation, capability and skills".
It follows Rachel Reeves's opening up of the "National Wealth Fund" last week to enable investment in the UK defence industry in order to support Ukraine's war effort.
"With defence manufacturers in constituencies nationwide, there is clear potential to drive economic growth," the group added.
'Rule-breaking' Rachel Reeves risks public humiliation if she hikes tax or slashes spending 'at first time of asking', think tank warns
Rachel Reeves risks public humiliation if she hikes tax or slashes spending to cover for breaking her own fiscal rules
TREASURYRachel Reeves risks public humiliation if she hikes tax or slashes spending to cover for breaking her own fiscal rules, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
The Chancellor has set two self-imposed rules in a bid to mop up a "£22billion black hole" - that day-to-day spending must be paid for by revenue, not borrowing, and to have debt falling as a share of national income by 2028/29.
At her October Budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said she had left herself £9.9billion of headroom against the first rule - but the office's updated forecast this month is likely to see that wiped out.
The IFS said that if Reeves was put on course to breach her fiscal rules, "it seems more likely than not that she will respond by altering tax or spending plans" than wait until her next Budget to announce policy changes in response.
Breaking the rules "at the first time of asking" could be seen as humiliating, dent her credibility in the markets and lead to months of politically damaging speculation about possible tax rises in the autumn, it said.
'Two-tier justice under two-tier Keir!' Robert Jenrick tears into 'outrageous' sentencing guidelines on GB News in fresh attack on Shabana Mahmood
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Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has hit out at the Government's latest move towards "two-tier justice under two-tier Keir" after issuing new guidelines for sentencing judges.
Clashing with Jenrick in the Commons following his challenge on the guidelines, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood claimed that there will "never be a two-tier sentencing approach under my watch or under this Labour Government".
Discussing the guidelines on GB News, Jenrick criticised the "completely outrageous and ludicrous" move and claimed the advice on sentencing shows a "bias against straight white men".
Healey in Washington for crunch peace talks as EU welcomes Zelensky
Defence Secretary John Healey is in Washington DC for crunch talks with American counterpart Pete Hegseth today - as Europe prepares to unleash hundreds of billions of Euros of military spending at a major EU summit.
Healey and Hegseth - whose public relationship has appeared strong despite a rocky few weeks for US-UK ties - will sit down for a bilateral meeting on a possible peace plan in Ukraine.
The meeting comes ahead of a major EU defence meeting later today - where leaders from the Brussels bloc's 27 member states will come together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sign off on a nine-figure military spending boost.
Healey was asked as he arrived in DC yesterday what he would say to his counterpart about the issue when they meet for talks.
"Those are discussions for tomorrow, but it's part of a two-day programme and we're working hard for peace," he said.
Labour Minister invokes Troubles as she sidesteps questions on US-Ukraine intelligence row
Jones told Times Radio this morning that the UK must be an 'honest broker' in bringing the war in Ukraine to an end
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Labour's Industry Minister Sarah Jones has invoked Britain's role in bringing the Troubles to an end as she side-stepped questions on America's withdrawal of intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
Jones told Times Radio this morning that the UK must be an "honest broker" in bringing the war in Ukraine to an end - but that commenting on "every twist and turn" would not be "the right thing to do".
"The role that we are playing in this situation is to be an honest broker, and the Prime Minister has been clear that that means we're not commenting on every twist and turn or comment that has been made overnight," she said. "It wouldn't be the right thing to do."
"We learnt in Northern Ireland how important it is when you are playing that honest broker role, to not be commenting on every twist and turn, but to be sticking to our principles which I think everybody in the country supports in terms of continuing to support Ukraine, playing that role to stop the fighting.
"And that means working with the US, working with France, working with others."
Asked whether it was a principle that intelligence should be shared with Ukraine, Jones added: "We don't comment on intelligence matters, as I said. The principle is that we will support Ukraine. That is an unwavering position."
Yesterday's top story: 'Two-tier justice!' Ethnic minority criminals to receive 'special treatment' in courts
Britain's Sentencing Council has been accused of "two-tier justice" following reports ethnic minority criminals are to receive "special treatment".
The body published new principles for judges to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences, including whether to suspend jail time.
Among the guidelines, magistrates and judges have been told to "normally consider" ordering a pre-sentence report on an offender if they came from “an ethnic minority, cultural minority, and/or faith minority community."
As a result, Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has launched into a scathing attack on "two-tier" Britain...