Under-fire Suella Braverman has been accused of failing to "hold criminals to account" over her record on referring judges' sentences for toughening-up.
In her former role as Attorney General - the Government’s top law officer - the KC was responsible for referring cases to the Court of Appeal when they were submitted to her by victims' families and other members of the public under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme.
Research shows that between January and August - Mrs Braverman’s last eight months in the post before being promoted to Home Secretary under Liz Truss - she only referred one in seven eligible cases to the Appeal Court, down from almost one in four cases in 2021.
