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Timpsons boss on why more people are asking for extra belt holes

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The Independent UK · Sep 23

Weight-loss jabs cause 680% rise in people needing extra belt holes, Timpsons boss says

James Timpson said the company had seen ‘a massive increase as a result of customers going on weight-loss drugs’

The Independent UK · Sep 23

Weight-loss jabs mean people need extra holes in their belts – Timpson boss

James Timpson said there had been a 680% increase in the number of holes put in belts.

Evening Standard · Sep 23

‘Second chance’: why minister wants to jail fewer women in England and Wales

James Timpson believes many women in prison shouldn’t be there – and a new board aims to bring about change

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16

Secret prison documents show government plan to tackle IPP scandal will fail

Exclusive: Damning projections reveal the government’s action plan to progress IPP prisoners is a ‘failure’, which will leave at least 500 prisoners languishing without release 18 years after the sentence was abolished

The Independent UK · Feb 17

‘I was like a hostage. After almost 18 years on an indefinite jail term, they finally admitted my IPP sentence was wrong’

JAILED WITHOUT HOPE: FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE: Exclusive: Haroon Ahmed, whose indefinite jail term was quashed in the Court of Appeal, says IPP prisoners are ‘hostages’ who have grown from teenagers to men watching more dangerous offenders be released, Amy-Clare Martin reports

The Independent UK · Jan 31

The nightmarish catch-22 at the heart of a burning injustice

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The plight of hundreds of inmates trapped in a grim loop between indefinite sentences and mental health treatment within our prison system must be resolved

The Independent UK · Jan 1

Ministers were warned of errors at jail that released sex offender by mistake

Chaotic release procedures at HMP Chelmsford were flagged to the prisons minister last year

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2025

Education cuts in prisons ultimately endanger the public, watchdog says

Charlie Taylor hits out at risk of real-terms spending cuts in prisons in England and Wales derailing work to break cycle of reoffending

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2025

Ministers must summon the courage to right an ‘obvious injustice’

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Judges who passed indefinite sentences join The Independent’s campaign to re-sentence those prisoners who have been unfairly trapped by the long-abolished IPP law

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2025