Sentencing Council 'bows to pressure to drop two-tier justice sentencing guidance for minorities' amid legal efforts to block change

Sentencing Council 'bows to pressure to drop two-tier justice sentencing guidance for minorities' amid legal efforts to block change

The law body had been defying Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood after she demanded it halt new guidelines due to come into effect tomorrow.

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