Will Durrant

City of Westminster, London

Parliamentary Reporter at PA Media

Parliamentary Reporter with @PA. Fiancé to @meakinmj. He/Him. Tips to: [email protected]

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Government Bill to block new sentencing guidelines clears first Commons test

1 day ago | msn.com | Richard Wheeler |Will Durrant |Harry Taylor |Claudia Savage

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Government Bill to block new sentencing guidelines clears first Commons test

1 day ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Richard Wheeler |Will Durrant |Harry Taylor |Claudia Savage

A law change to block potentially different sentencing approaches for offenders based on their race and religion has cleared its first Commons hurdle. The Government brought forward the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill after new guidelines for judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity before sentencing prompted claims of a “two-tier” justice system.
Government Bill to block new sentencing guidelines clears first Commons test

1 day ago | irishnews.com | Richard Wheeler |Will Durrant |Harry Taylor |Claudia Savage

ExpandJustice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said ‘addressing inequalities in the justice system is something this Government takes very seriously’ (Ben Whitley/PA) By Richard Wheeler, Will Durrant, Harry Taylor and Claudia Savage, PA Political StaffApril 22, 2025 at 10:55pm BSTA law change to block potentially different sentencing approaches for offenders based on their race and religion has cleared its first Commons hurdle.
Trans people to be offered dignity they were ‘denied’ under Tories

1 day ago | msn.com | Rhiannon James |Harry Taylor |Claudia Savage |Will Durrant

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Phillipson: Trans people to be offered dignity they were ‘denied’ under Tories

1 day ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Rhiannon James |Harry Taylor |Claudia Savage |Will Durrant

Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson has pledged to protect women-only spaces and offer trans people the dignity they were “denied” by the Conservatives. The Supreme Court’s judgment on the definition of a woman brings “clarity and confidence for women”, Ms Phillipson told the Commons. During a statement on the ruling, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused Labour of being “so desperate to jump on a bandwagon that they abandoned common sense” on gender and sex.
Government risked ‘throwing good money after bad’ in steel talks – Reeves

6 days ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Will Durrant |Nina Lloyd

The Government risked “throwing good money after bad” in its negotiations over the Scunthorpe steelworks, the Chancellor has said. Taking questions about whether ministers would bring the North Lincolnshire steelworks into public ownership, Rachel Reeves pledged that the Government would “play a big role” in its future. MPs gathered in Westminster last weekend, when Parliament was recalled from recess on a Saturday for the first time since the Falklands War in 1982.
Government risked ‘throwing good money after bad’ in steel talks - Reeves

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Will Durrant |Nina Lloyd

Government risked ‘throwing good money after bad’ in steel talks – ReevesChancellor Rachel Reeves at Scunthorpe’s British Steel site (Danny Lawson/PA)By Will Durrant and Nina Lloyd, PA Political Staff©Press AssociationToday at 18:55The Government risked “throwing good money after bad” in its negotiations over the Scunthorpe steelworks, the Chancellor has said.
Reeves to have ‘conversations’ with US next week as work for deal continues

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Caitlin Doherty |Mathilde Grandjean |David Lynch |Will Durrant

Rachel Reeves has said she will be having “conversations with the US administration” next week as the UK looks to secure a trade deal with Washington. The UK is hoping a deal can help stave off the full brunt of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping 10% tariffs on all goods imported to the US, and the Telegraph has reported that White House officials believe an agreement could be reached “within three weeks”.
Government ‘in talks on migrant removals agreement with France’

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Will Durrant

A Home Office spokesman said ministers are ‘intensifying’ collaboration with France and other European countries. Will DurrantFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
Government ‘in talks on migrant removals agreement with France’

1 week ago | msn.com | Will Durrant

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