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Sixteen years for stealing a flower pot: the film about the IPP jail sentence ‘designed to bury you alive’

Britain’s Forgotten Prisoners is a devastating documentary about the ‘public protection’ sentences that can amount to whole-of-life terms for relatively minor offences. Film-maker Martin Read explains his seven-year quest for justice

The Guardian - UK

Dad trapped under indefinite jail term ‘failed and forgotten’ as he’s transferred 12 times in 12 years

IPP prisoner Thomas White has been moved 12 times after serving 12 years for a two-year tariff for stealing a mobile phone

The Independent UK

Crucial reforms to help thousands trapped in indeterminate jail terms fail after Labour peers ‘bottle it’

Baroness Fox praised The Independent for shining a light on the plight of IPP prisoners in a House of Lords debate

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Families beg for end to IPP scandal as Lords vote on indeterminate sentence reforms

Cross-party peers take up cause of ‘inhumane’ sentences highlighted by The Independent – but proposals fall short of resentencing

The Independent UK

Marc Conway risked his life to stop the London Bridge terror attack. Why did he fear being sent to prison for it?

He tackled a murderer to the ground to protect the public. But the draconian licence conditions of his ‘99-year sentence’ meant that the first person he called was his probation officer

The Guardian - UK

David Blunkett’s mea culpa on indefinite sentences won’t wash

Letters: Nick Moss says the former home secretary would have known that the resources to support those on IPP sentences didn’t exist. Plus a letter from Gillian Kelly

The Guardian - UK

Unfair jail sentences – one more example of demonising society’s ‘morally unfit’

The IPP scandal should not be seen in isolation. It is all part of today’s politics by vilification

The Guardian - UK

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Nearly 3,000 people are languishing in jail unfairly. We must set them free

There is consensus in parliament that indeterminate sentences are unjust. So why is the government dragging its heels, asks Bob Neill MP

The Guardian - UK

David Blunkett says devising 99-year prison sentences is his ‘biggest regret’

Labour former home secretary says imprisonment for public protection sentences have resulted in ‘deeply damaging outcomes’

The Guardian - UK

Ex-ministers press Sunak on ‘persecution’ of carers who broke earnings rules

David Blunkett and Alan Johnson join Iain Duncan Smith in dismay at DWP’s treatment of benefit recipients’ minor mistakes

The Guardian - UK

Senior Labour figures call for ‘life-transforming’ Sure Start policy

Gordon Brown and three former education ministers say New Labour’s acclaimed early-years programme benefited millions

The Guardian - UK

Tories cut council funding down to the bone. Labour must restore it

Letters: Joan Twelves fears the government is determined to keep wielding the axe until there is nothing left; David Blunkett picks apart Jeremy Hunt’s fanciful proposal

The Guardian - UK

Labour 'considering offshore asylum processing plans' as Rwanda alternative

LABOUR are reportedly considering plans to have asylum claims processed abroad as an alternative to the Tories’ Rwanda plan.

The National (Scotland)

Labour considering Rwanda alternative for migrant plan

A Labour ‘red line’ would be any scheme that would automatically block migrants being granted asylum in the UK, with British officials also required to be in charge of processing claims

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Revealed: 16 years in prison for stealing a bike and no hope of release – as 7 trapped in jail kill themselves

Exclusive: Lord David Blunkett called for Alex Chalk to ‘give hope’ to prisoners trapped on IPP sentences as the shocking death toll was revealed

The Guardian - UK

Ofsted’s ‘simplistic judgments’ no longer fit for purpose, schools experts warn

Former ministers and leaders agree that inspections in England resulting in one-word summaries need to be reviewed

The Independent UK

Labour warned poll lead more fragile than it seems as Tory unpopularity ‘not enough’ to win election

Keir Starmer warned not to be complacent on eve of Labour conference

The Independent UK

Labour conference – live: ‘Inane’ to ignore lessons of past election defeats, Blunkett warns Starmer

The Labour party conference begins in Liverpool on Sunday

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Daily Mirror

'We must expose 13 years of Tory corruption and cruelty before the next election'

I cannot bear to see the desolation successive Tory governments have caused - and it will only get worse, writes CAROL VORDERMAN

The Guardian - UK

The law is gone but they are still in jail: who will free Britain’s most wronged prisoners?

Victoria was sentenced to 21 months but has served 15 years. Even the politician who introduced indefinite detention now says he regrets it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Manchester Evening News

'They have lost all hope': The 'scandal' jail sentence with a 'shameful' suicide rate behind the Strangeways roof protest

'The IPP sentence is a costly waste of money, and more importantly of human lives. The Government appears blind to the fact that all the indicators show IPP cannot simply be managed away': Neal Keeling reports on Britain's most controversial jail terms

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer breaks silence on 'gutter' attack adverts saying he makes 'zero apologies'

Labour has been heavily criticised following a series of adverts shared on Twitter attacking Rishi Sunak on crime - including one claiming he doesn't think paedophiles should be locked up

Wales Online

Starmer makes ‘zero apologies’ about under-fire attack ad on Sunak

The Labour leader said he stands by ‘every word’ of the campaign claiming the PM does not want child abusers to go to jail

The Guardian - UK

‘Stand by every word’: Keir Starmer defends attack ad on Rishi Sunak

Party leader says he will ‘make absolutely zero apologies for being blunt’ after facing widespread criticism over advert

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer doubles down with his ‘dirty tricks’ ads

Labour’s next adverts are reportedly set to blame the prime minister for crashing the economy

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