The Latest Breaking News from David Gauke

Shadow defence secretary attacks PM’s assertion that opponents of the deal were on the side of Russia and China

Former Tory justice secretary David Gauke has called for overhaul of justice system in major sentencing review

Chemical castration to suppress the sexual drive of sex offenders will be rolled out to 20 prisons across England

Long-awaited review by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke says government must stop ‘overreliance’ on jail time to tackle overcrowding

Five key proposals put forward by the independent sentencing review are expected to cut the prison population by around 9,800.

Justice secretary expected to back radical sentencing reforms, including use of libido-suppressing drugs in England and Wales

Chief inspector of probation says public at risk from greater use of prison alternatives unless service is better funded

Sentencing review to be published on Thursday aims to ‘ease prison capacity crisis’ and reduce reoffending

Exclusive: Seven in 10 recalled IPP prisoners have committed no further crime but are held for more than two years on average. Releasing them would free up a prison, but they have been left out of the government’s scheme to reduce the recall population

Jails in England and Wales are in overcrowded meltdown, but justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has a rare chance to flip the script, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The victim’s commissioner says the emergency measures are ‘unacceptable’ – but the government has warned the UK is just months away from running out of prison spaces