World news | The GuardianJun 23
From the NHS to new homes, Starmer’s successes and setbacks – in charts https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/from-the-nhs-to-new-homes-starmers-successes-and-setbacks-in-charts #KeirStarmer #Labour #Politics #UkNews #ImmigrationAndAsylum #HealthPolicy #Nhs #UkCriminalJustice #PrisonsAndProbation #Housing #RenewableEnergy
From the NHS to new homes, Starmer’s successes and setbacks – in charts

The PM said in May that ‘stories beat spreadsheets’, but what does the data tell us about his time in office?

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World news | The GuardianJun 21
Therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prison https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/21/therapy-ferrets-kill-rats-uk-largest-children-prison-wetherby #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Animals #UkNews #Yorkshire
Concerns over therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prison

Prison officers’ union calls for immediate end to practice at HMYOI Wetherby over fears for child and animal welfare

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World news | The GuardianJun 19
Excessive probation workloads put public at risk in England and Wales, union warns https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/19/probation-public-risk-ex-offenders-england-wales-union #PrisonsAndProbation #TradeUnions #UkCriminalJustice #England #Wales #Politics #UkNews #Society
Excessive probation workloads put public at risk in England and Wales, union warns

Exclusive: Napo declares no confidence in probation service managers and threatens industrial action

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World news | The GuardianJun 9
Grim reality of prison conditions laid bare in damning report https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/10/grim-reality-of-prison-conditions-laid-bare-in-damning-report #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Law #Society #England #Wales #KeirStarmer #ShabanaMahmood #UkNews #Politics
Grim reality of prison conditions laid bare in damning report

Inmates in England and Wales live among vermin while gangs control entire wings, monitors warn, with failures ‘at risk of becoming normalised’

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World news | The GuardianJun 9
Staff at immigration detention centre wore England flags, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/10/staff-immigration-detention-centre-england-flags #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #UkNews
Staff at immigration detention centre wore England flags, report finds

Chair of prisons and detention watchdog concerned about intimidating effect as wide-ranging and damning review published

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World news | The GuardianJun 2
Corrupt Liverpool prison worker jailed for smuggling drugs and sending sex texts to inmates https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/02/liverpool-prison-worker-helen-spree-jailed #PrisonsAndProbation #Crime #Liverpool #UkNews #UkCriminalJustice
Corrupt Liverpool prison worker jailed for smuggling drugs and sending sex texts to inmates

Helen Spree, 63, headed prison watchdog and was said to have become besotted with killer Dylan Westall, 35

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World news | The GuardianMay 31
Deaths within two weeks of prison release hit record high in England and Wales https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/31/deaths-within-two-weeks-of-prison-release-hit-record-high-in-england-and-wales #PrisonsAndProbation #UkNews #Homelessness #Housing #Society
Deaths within two weeks of prison release hit record high in England and Wales

Exclusive: Experts say homelessness is primary driver of crisis that led to 77 ‘avoidable’ deaths in 2025

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianMay 23
New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/23/anti-protest-sentences-rise-england-wales-political-prisoners #UkCriminalJustice #EnvironmentalActivism #Protest #PalestineAction #UkNews #Law #PrisonsAndProbation #JustStopOil #Palestine
New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise

More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals

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World news | The GuardianMay 17
David Lammy promises 25% cut in number of children jailed while they await trial https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/18/david-lammy-promises-cut-in-children-jailed-awaiting-trial #UkCriminalJustice #DavidLammy #Crime #UkNews #Politics #Law #PrisonsAndProbation #Society
David Lammy promises 25% cut in number of children jailed while they await trial

Justice secretary’s white paper will overhaul youth justice rules and could end lifelong criminal records for under-18s

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World news | The GuardianMay 14
John Worboys is denied parole for second time https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/14/john-worboys-denied-parole-second-time-black-cab-rapist #JohnWorboys #Crime #PrisonsAndProbation #London #UkNews #Society #Law #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #UkCriminalJustice
John Worboys is denied parole for second time

Parole Board tells victims of black cab rapist that it had decided against open conditions or release

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