crime Articles

An unreachable maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving does nothing to deter crime – and adds insult to injury for grieving families, argues Kevin Brennan MP Sophie Taylor was a 22 year old constituent of mine. She was a loving and caring young woman...

The government must restore balance to the Serious Fraud Office's funding if it is to continue to command public confidence, writes Stephen Timms MP The Serious Fraud Office began work in 1988.  It has a vital task, and is doing a good job. But the way it is funded...

Hard-won gains to improve rape conviction rates are under threat Following Ched Evans’ acquittal on rape charges, Labour’s shadow law officers should have been speaking out fast and furious. As Vera Baird argued cogently in the Guardian last month, the case put...

Now that the latest crime figures, published last week, show both 'a small but genuine increase in some categories of violent crime' and an undoubted growth in crime reporting, it is ripe to call time on the Tory claim that the police can be cut because they have less...