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The Latest Breaking News from Alex Chalk

Killer pilot’s release from prison blocked by Justice Secretary

BA captain Robert Brown beat his wife Joanna Simpson to death with a claw hammer in their family home in October 2010.

The Independent UK

Joanna Simpson: Family fear for lives as they call for ‘narcissistic’ hammer killer to be kept behind bars

Exclusive: Mother of two was battered to death and buried in a pre-dug grave – now her family fears for their safety if her killer is released

The Independent UK

Only a few hundred spaces left in adult male prisons in England and Wales, governors’ chief will warn

‘Right-wing lurch’ by government ‘has resulted in populist rhetoric on prisons’, governor’s chair to say

The Independent UK

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First they send migrants to Rwanda - now Tories want to send British prisoners abroad

Tory figures cited similar measures introduced in European countries including Norway and Belgium which saw hundreds of prisoners sent to the Netherlands

The Independent UK

UK planning to rent prison spaces from foreign countries, Justice Secretary says

The Government’s plans to create 20,000 extra prison places by the mid 2020s are reportedly delayed due to planning disagreements.

The Independent UK

What is Jade’s Law? Bill to protect children from killer parents

Killer parents will have their parental rights taken away under new plans set to be announced imminently

Evening Standard

Immigrants living parallel lives in many UK towns and cities, claims Braverman

Suella Braverman said the UK has a great ‘multi-ethnic society’ but there are places where people are not learning the language or British values.

The Independent UK

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Suella Braverman to ban sex offenders from changing name or gender

Home secretary also says her claim multiculturalism had failed has been ‘mischaracterised’

The Independent UK

Jade’s Law: Killer parents will have parental rights taken away, justice secretary to announce

Alex Chalk will outline plans to introduce the law before parliament by end of year at Tory party conference

The Independent UK

People jailed for killing their partner will lose parental rights, Tories to announce

Justice secretary to tell conference he will introduce ‘Jade’s law’ this year to protect families from jailed abusers

The Guardian - UK

Killer parents to have parental rights taken away, Justice Secretary to announce

At the Tory party conference, Alex Chalk will outline plans to introduce ‘Jade’s Law’ before Parliament by the end of the year.

The Independent UK

Criminals may be freed early to ease overcrowding as prison crisis laid bare

Dire warning from the chief of UK prison governors who tells The Independent the ‘nuclear button could be pressed very soon’

The Independent UK

Survivors being neglected, charities warn, as they mark one year without a victims’ commissioner

Open letter urges justice secretary Alex Chalk to appoint a new commissioner ‘without delay’

The Independent UK

Student wins disability badge breakthrough in hometown

Sam Vestey, 21, believes the wheelchair icon featured on blue badges and disabled parking bays is outdated and has launched an alternative logo.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Charity warns Alex Chalk to act over legal aid for immigration and asylum

Lord chancellor failing to carry out duty on provision of services in England and Wales, says Public Law Project

The Independent UK

Woman’s family must ‘plan for the worst’ as killer’s release from jail nears

Joanna Simpson was killed by her British Airways captain husband Robert Brown at their family home in October 2010.

The Guardian - UK

Family of woman killed by husband ask justice secretary to keep him in jail

Robert Brown, who bludgeoned Joanna Simpson to death in 2010, is due to be released in November

Evening Standard

New panel to consider whether double child killer can be freed from prison

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk asked for the Parole Board to reconsider a previous decision to release Colin Pitchfork

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Evening Standard

Can justice secretary Alex Chalk survive the prisons crisis?

The MP for Cheltenham is battling a justice system in meltdown and a jailbreak. Katie Strick profiles the man of the moment in SW1

The Guardian - UK

Khalife escape shows government failing ‘duty to keep people safe’, says Labour

Opposition says prison escape, crumbling concrete in schools and alleged Chinese spying show Tory dereliction of public services

The Guardian - UK

Prisoner in critical condition after stabbing at HMP Wandsworth

Attack comes in the week that Daniel Khalife escaped from the jail in south-west London

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on prisons: the escape from Wandsworth reveals a deeper crisis

Editorial: Daniel Khalife has been recaptured, but ministers are rightly under pressure over the dreadful state of prisons

The National (Scotland)

Daniel Khalife charged and will appear in court after escaping HMP Wandsworth

Daniel Khalife has been charged with escaping custody, the Met Police have said - the 21-year-old escaped HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Daniel Abed Khalife charged with escaping from Wandsworth Prison

The terror suspect will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday 11 September

The Independent UK

Justice Secretary highlights supporting ‘disadvantaged’ amid benefit cut reports

Alex Chalk said he wanted to ensure the Government was ‘decent, humane’.

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