Sentencing reforms will take ‘sledgehammer’ to justice system – Tory MP

Sentencing reforms will take ‘sledgehammer’ to justice system – Tory MP

Tory former minister Esther McVey has hit out at the proposed changes. Offenders will be “laughing all the way to their next crime”, as a result of the Government’s sentencing reforms, the Commons has heard. Convicts who demonstrate good behaviour could be released early under the Sentencing Bill, which aims to ease the crisis in prison places. Tory former minister Esther McVey branded the legislation the “avoid-a-sentence Bill”, as the Conserva…