Reform UK set to beat Labour in Runcorn and Helsby byelection, poll suggests, with Tories in distant third – UK politics live

Poll suggests Reform are ahead of Labour by 40% to 35%Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, and the head of the Sentencing Council held “constructive” talks yesterday about guidance to judges which has prompted claims of “two-tier justice”, PA Media reports. PA says:Mahmood had asked the council to reconsider the guidance for judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity before deciding their punishment, but the independent body rejected the request.She and council chairman Lord Justice William Davis had a “constructive discussion” on Thursday, the Ministry of Justice and the council said in separate statements.Karen Shore will be a champion for the people of Runcorn and Helsby.She’s local and her experience as a teacher and serving the community as a councillor will give people a strong voice in the House of Commons. Continue reading...

Reform UK set to beat Labour in Runcorn and Helsby byelection, poll suggests, with Tories in distant third – UK politics live

Poll suggests Reform are ahead of Labour by 40% to 35%

Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, and the head of the Sentencing Council held “constructive” talks yesterday about guidance to judges which has prompted claims of “two-tier justice”, PA Media reports. PA says:

Mahmood had asked the council to reconsider the guidance for judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity before deciding their punishment, but the independent body rejected the request.

She and council chairman Lord Justice William Davis had a “constructive discussion” on Thursday, the Ministry of Justice and the council said in separate statements.

Karen Shore will be a champion for the people of Runcorn and Helsby.

She’s local and her experience as a teacher and serving the community as a councillor will give people a strong voice in the House of Commons. Continue reading...