Shabana Mahmood accused of ‘falling asleep at the wheel’ by Robert Jenrick: ‘Incompetent!’

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.

The Sentencing Council has told magistrates and judges 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”.