Fact checks including justice, prisons, criminal sentencing
The government says the ban in England and Wales only applies to XL Bully dogs, but assessment will be based on appearance and physical characteristics. Read
The number of criminal barristers has stayed steady, but the number working full-time on publicly-funded cases has fallen. Read
Claims that what the four defendants admitted to did legally amount to criminal damage omit key parts of the definition of the offence. Read
The Welsh government is planning to give councils more power to fine problem parkers from July next year, but doesn’t plan to pursue an outright ban. Read
Europe
The Home Office said 60% of asylum seekers entered the country illegally but this is based on unpublished statistics Read
An image of a burnt-out police car taken during protests in Bristol is not ‘a prop’ Read
Crime
We can’t objectively compare the public response to grooming gangs with Black Lives Matter Read
The government did announce a real terms reduction of 40% to the Ministry of Justice but ultimately reduced funding by 25% between 2010/11 and 2019/20. Read
After the London Bridge attack, there's been a debate over how people in the UK are sentenced for terror offences, in particular Usman Khan, the attacker. Read
Crime
The government pledged to mandate serious criminals spending two thirds of their sentence in prison. Judges already have discretion to impose this. Read
