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News  —  12 October 2017

The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on its proposed guidelines on sentencing terrorism offences. Find out more about the Read More

News  —  19 September 2017

The Sentencing Council has published a business plan setting out its aims and objectives for 2017/18. These aims and objectives Read More

News  —  27 July 2017

In response to the Law Commission’s proposals to simplify the law relating to sentencing, Sentencing Council chairman Lord Justice Treacy Read More

News  —  26 July 2017

Reports of assaults and robberies involving the use of acid or other corrosive substances have increased in profile recently, with Read More

News  —  13 July 2017

The Council has published an assessment of its burglary sentencing guideline which came into force in January 2012. It follows Read More

News  —  4 July 2017

The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on its proposed guidelines on sentencing manslaughter. Find out more about the consultation Read More

News  —  13 June 2017

The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on its proposed guidelines on sentencing child cruelty. Find out more about the Read More

News  —  1 June 2017

The revised guidelines on sentencing children and young people and reduction in sentence for a guilty plea have come into Read More

News  —  24 April 2017

The revised guidelines in the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines have come into effect today (24 April 2017). The online Magistrates’ Read More

News  —  21 April 2017

New sentencing guidelines for magistrates come into force on 24 April 2017 following their publication earlier this year. One of Read More