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Press releases  —  13 June 2017

Today, the Sentencing Council has published proposed new guidelines for sentencing offenders guilty of child cruelty.  The guidelines cover three 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

News  —  1 April 2017

A new judicial member has been appointed to the Sentencing Council by the Lord Chief Justice, with the agreement of Read More

News  —  30 March 2017

The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on its proposed guidelines on sentencing intimidatory offences and domestic abuse. Find out Read More

Press releases  —  30 March 2017

Today, the Sentencing Council has published proposed new guidelines for how people convicted of intimidatory offences and offences involving domestic Read More

News  —  7 March 2017

Today, the Sentencing Council is publishing two definitive guidelines, on sentencing children and young people and reduction in sentence for Read More

Press releases  —  7 March 2017

Today, the Sentencing Council has published two new sentencing guidelines. One covers how courts should make a reduction in sentence Read More