Robert Jenrick says the independent review on sentencing carried out by former Conservative minister David Gauke is “not practical government” but “ideological”.
The shadow justice secretary describes Mr Gauke as a “prisons minister who wanted to reduce the number of people” in jails.
Mr Jenrick also says the proposals will put the “public at risk” and provide a “get out of jail card for criminals” by not sending some offenders to prison and releasing others early.
Report by Blairm.
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