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Ministers call on tech firms for ‘bold ideas’ to tackle justice system crisis
Tech bosses will meet with the Justice Secretary on Thursday as part of Government plans to use technology to overhaul the ...
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood makes 'ransom' jibe as she attacks Unite bin strike bosses
Senior Government minister Shabana Mahmood, MP for Birmingham Ladywood, has written to constituents to back council shake-up ...
Questions over validity of Supreme Court gender ruling ‘unacceptable’ – Mahmood
The Justice Secretary has said it is “absolutely unacceptable” to question the validity of the Supreme Court ruling that the ...
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Mahmood: SSB and Axiom Ince show need for Legal Services Board
The collapses of SSB Law and Axiom Ince indicate a continuing need for the Legal Services Board despite the government’s ...
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Ex-prison officer who was stabbed by inmate calls for mandatory protective gear
“This cannot go on because someone will end up dead.” In a response to the rise in attacks Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced the use of Tasers will be trialled in prisons and ...
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Football matches have better security than jails, says prison officers’ chief
In March, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said “we simply cannot build our way out of the prisons capacity crisis” as she opened HMP Millsike that holds about 1,500 inmates. The Category C ...
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Questions over validity of Supreme Court gender ruling ‘unacceptable’ – Mahmood
Giving evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Shabana Mahmood said that justices at the UK’s highest court had ‘done their job’. The Justice Secretary has said it is “absolutely ...