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Chris Grayling Articles

A cavalier approach to justice

The general election may be fast approaching, but this Conservative-led government is continuing to do damage. This will be apparent in the legal system as Chris Grayling's assault on the justice system continues apace, with the anticipated rise in fees for civil...

Rehabilitation or retribution?

Noel 'Razor' Smith has a total of 58 criminal convictions and is thought to have committed over 200 armed robberies. He was first imprisoned at age 16 and spent almost all of the next 34 years in various prisons, never succeeding in 'going straight' on his brief...

Lib-Lab coalition: beware attacks from the left

I agree with Len. Those are not words that often cross my lips but the general secretary of Unite is right: the thought of a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition is not one to ‘set the pulse racing’. I suspect, however, that McCluskey and I may have different fears about...

Policy on probation

Ideology is driving probation reform —There cannot have been many ministers who tried simultaneously to privatise and nationalise a public service. But that is precisely what justice secretary, Chris Grayling, is trying to do with the probation service. Probation...