The Latest Breaking News from Shabana Mahmood

Hashem Abedi threw hot cooking oil over three officers before stabbing them with ‘home-made weapons’, the Prison Officers’ Association said.

The Prison Officers’ Association said Hashem Abedi threw hot oil over three officers on Saturday before stabbing them with ‘home-made weapons’.

Letters: In response to the suspension of new sentencing rules, Cordella Bart-Stewart highlights the racial disparities that continue to dog the criminal justice system. Plus Francesca Cociani on the real-life consequences of the justice secretary’s culture war on sentencing

Report released as Labour admits it will break promise to enact law by 36th anniversary and rewrites key proposals

Editorial: The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, should reject false, inflammatory rhetoric and focus on the real issues

Her introduction to politics began as the child of the chair of Birmingham Labour party and as justice secretary she’s made tough decisions from day one

The Parole Board recommended William Dunlop be moved but Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood blocked the transfer.

Society of Black Lawyers calls decision to block pre-sentencing reports ‘deliberate step backwards’

The Justice Secretary said ‘all must be equal before the law’ as the Government introduced a Bill following a row over guidelines.

Forcing the abandonment of commonsense, evidence-based guidelines is a new low for a party that once prided itself on justice reform, says Janey Starling of campaign group Level Up

The Sentencing Council said the changes were ‘necessary and appropriate’ but that it would not implement them while a Bill was imminent.