Joshua Nevett

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Bold spending needed to halt prison crisis - unionJoshua NevettPA MediaThe government's efforts to fix the prison crisis may not work without "bold investment decisions", the leading union for the probation service has said. Ian Lawrence, general secretary of Napo, said a review of sentencing policy by former Conservative Justice Secretary David Gauke "may come to little effect" if the probation service was underfunded.

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The prisons and probation budget fell by 12% when inflation was accounted for between 2007–08 and 2023–24, according to . But the chancellor has not yet stated which departments will have less money to spend, meaning it's not clear how the probation service will be affected. The money allocated to government departments for the three years beyond 2025-26 will be set out in the spending review in June.

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Starmer faces growing rebellion over welfare cutsJoshua NevettHouse of CommonsPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing rebellion by Labour MPs over planned welfare cuts some have warned are "impossible to support" without a "change of direction". In a letter to The Guardian, 42 MPs said proposed welfare savings worth £5bn a year by 2030 had "caused a huge amount of anxiety and concern among disabled people and their families".

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Labour MPs signal rebellion over welfare cutsJoshua NevettEPAA number of Labour MPs have said they will vote against the government's proposed cuts to disability benefits. Nine Labour MPs voiced concern over the government's plans to make it harder for people with less severe conditions to claim disability payments during a debate on Wednesday. Calls to rethink the benefits cuts, as well as other policies, have been growing after Labour lost 187 council seats during the local election last week.

1 week ago | bbc.com | Joshua Nevett

Speaking to the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Badenoch said protest was "in the air" in these local elections and argued her party was working on a "slow and steady" plan to return to government by the end of the decade. She said: "We are going to come out with the policies that people want to see, but what we are not going to do is rush out and tell the public things that are not true just so we can win votes. "This is not about winning elections; this is about fixing our country.