The row was triggered after the Sentencing Council, which advises judges and magistrates on the complexities of prison terms ...

Lord William Hague vowed to champion free speech and warned against “comfort blankets of cancellation” as he was officially admitted as the 160th Chancellor of the University of Oxford. During his ...

The Sentencing Council published new guidelines for courts to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences on ...

The Lord Chancellor's powers to appoint judges and Queen's Counsels appeared to be under fresh threat today following the "cash for wigs" affair. Lord Irvine has been accused of "damaging the ...

The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, is set to get a £90,000-a-year pension when he retires, it was disclosed today. The Sun, under the front page headline "Insult", said that Lord Irvine would also ...

Judges tell Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood they have done nothing wrong by introducing different rules for ethnic ...

Universities must not be “comfort blankets of cancellation”, Lord Hague insisted in his inaugural speech as the new chancellor of Oxford University. The former Conservative Party leader ...

William Hague has been formally inaugurated as Oxford University chancellor. Lord Hague became the 160th recorded chancellor in the University's history and succeeds Lord Patten of Barnes ...

In a speech at London Probation Headquarters, the Lord Chancellor said: “Now is also a moment about the challenges that the service faces, and the simple fact is this, the service this ...