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Penny Mordaunt and Grant Shapps among record 11 ministers to lose seats in cull of top Tories

Defence Secretary Shapps has lost to Labour in Welwyn Hatfield while Justice Secretary Chalk was defeated in Cheltenham to Liberal Democrat candidate Max Wilkinson

The Independent UK

Prison rehabilitation numbers in England and Wales down 74% since 2010, MoJ data shows

Almost 12,000 fewer inmates completed offender management courses than when David Cameron took office

The Guardian - UK

Woman arrested after video apparently shows UK prison officer having sex with inmate

Met police began investigating on Friday after being made aware of video allegedly filmed at HMP Wandsworth

The Guardian - UK

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Police investigate video 'showing female prison officer having sex with inmate in Wandsworth Prison cell'

The Ministry of Justice called in police after the video was released online

Evening Standard

Big-name Tories who could lose their seat after exit poll predicts disastrous general election results

Rishi Sunak’s own seat of Richmond, in North Yorkshire is at risk - here is when high profile Tories expect to hear their results

The Independent UK

Lawyers take lord chancellor to high court over legal aid fees

Challenge accuses Alex Chalk of failure to raise rates, reducing access in immigration and asylum cases

The Guardian - UK

Don't turn your backs on justice: Fresh calls for action over fast-track courts system

Both the Tories and Labour have said they will look again at the Single Justice Procedure following the Standard’s investigations

Evening Standard

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Justice secretary’s fight to protect the European Convention on Human Rights in Sunak’s Tory manifesto

Exclusive: Recording reveals justice secretary Alex Chalk’s bid to stop the Tories ditching the European Convention on Human Rights

The Independent UK

Lib Dems launch ‘Portillo pot’ fundraiser to oust Tory ministers

Leader Ed Davey tells party members it is critical moment as Tories pour election funds into keeping blue wall seats

The Guardian - UK

Extra 100,000 families face ‘mortgage nightmare’ with hike before election

Exclusive: More than 3,300 households a day set to see payments rise significantly before 4 July

The Independent UK

Tories warned ‘no seat is safe’ as Lib Dems put Gove and Hunt on ‘big beast’ hit list

The Lib Dems have revealed their ‘big beast’ hit list of target Tory seats they believe they can win

The Independent UK

MP uses parliamentary privilege to ask why Lucy Letby story blocked in UK

David Davis says block on accessing New Yorker’s 13,000-word article ‘seems in defiance of open justice’

The Guardian - UK

High-risk offenders included in early release scheme, prisons inspector says

Domestic abuser among those freed from jail as part of plan to relieve overcrowding, watchdog reveals

The Guardian - UK

Mandelson firm worked for campaign critics say would hinder Post Office-style lawsuits

Exclusive: Litigation such as that spearheaded by Alan Bates could become harder if advice from senior figure at Labour peer’s Global Counsel given effect

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems ‘on course to topple leading Tories’ in general election

Local election results in England justify the decision to focus on Conservative areas, claim party strategists

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems say council results show they can take Westminster seats from Tories

Ed Davey says ‘lifelong Conservative voters are backing the Lib Dems’ in constituencies party is targeting

Evening Standard

Two thirds of magistrates' cases are now fast-tracked behind closed doors

Lord Chancellor promises reform of under-fire courts process following Standard investigation into injustices

Evening Standard

Controversial fast-track Single Justice Procedure needs reforming, admits Cabinet minister

An Evening Standard investigation has revealed a shocking list of cases handled by the Single Justice Procedure

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The Guardian - UK

Family of man who died on Bibby Stockholm say government should be held responsible

Leonard Farruku, 27, died in a suspected suicide on barge for asylum seekers and his relatives want an independent inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Women at Cheltenham feel threatened by pop-up strip clubs, says minister

Alex Chalk urges local council where racing festival takes place to stop granting licences to such venues

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s prison system is brutal and broken. Why does reforming it seem so impossible?

Prisoners are being released early because jails are overflowing. We know what better policies would look like – but politicians won’t act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Prisoners could be let out 60 days early to relieve crowded jails in England and Wales

Justice secretary announces plan to release ‘certain low-level offenders’ early and also reduce number of foreign prisoners held

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to back crackdown on Slapp lawsuits aimed at intimidating critics

Government will back bill to curb spurious lawsuits often used by very rich to stop exposure of wrongdoing

The Guardian - UK

Post Office said last month it stands by most Horizon convictions

Letter shows Post Office told ministers it would oppose attempts to overturn 369 prosecutions

Evening Standard

Killer pilot takes legal action against minister’s decision to block release

BA captain Robert Brown beat his wife Joanna Simpson to death with a claw hammer in their family home in October 2010.

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