Communities will welcome focus on ‘actual hate crime’, says justice minister The Metropolitan Police has indicated it will stop investigating non-crime hate incidents. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Suicidal man convicted in fast-track court for not paying car insurance during breakdown The Single Justice Procedure has become synonymous with cost-cutting and injustice Evening Standard · Jul 12, 2025
Widow convicted in fast-track SJP court over car tax when husband had just died The government has not committed to urgent Single Justice Procedure reform despite pressure from MPs and lawyers Evening Standard · May 28, 2025
UK MPs post selfies to show attendance of rare Saturday session in parliament Recall for steel debate is an unusual event but bout of presenteeism has not gone unnoticed by constituents on X The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2025
Government to toughen laws that allow people to buy suicide drugs online Sarah Sackman said laws are in place which stop people encouraging or assisting suicide, but added the Government would introduce more restrictions. The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025
Ban criminals from pubs and sports games instead of sending them to prison, minister suggests The courts minister confirmed ministers will look at banning criminals from sports games, pubs and social events in a bid to free up prison spaces The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025
Bans from pubs and social events could be alternative to prison, minister says Sports ground exclusions and mandatory work for offenders in England and Wales ‘part of mix’ under sentencing review The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2025
High court signoff in England and Wales assisted dying bill to be scrapped Kim Leadbeater will submit what she calls ‘judge plus’ amendments to her bill The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025
Crown court backlog in England and Wales hits new record high The figures prompted the Government to announce a major review of the courts system. The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2024
Haigh to get ministerial severance pay, Downing Street says Labour in opposition had called to reform the rules. Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2024
Government in a ‘hurry’ to tackle knife crime, minister says Solicitor general Sarah Sackman says Labour has already banned zombie-style knifes since coming into power. The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2024
Immigration lawyers ‘at risk’ amid far-right threats to target advice centres Police chiefs announce deployment of extra 2,200 riot officers as list of 60 immigration centres circulated online The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024
Three first-time London MPs immediately made ministers as 21 from capital in Government First-time London MPs Georgia Gould, Sarah Sackman and Miatta Fahnbulleh have been promoted to junior minister roles Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2024
Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024 Finchley and Golders Green: Labour's Sarah Sackman wins Margaret Thatcher's former constituency from Tories Ms Sackman beat her Tory rival Alex Deane to be MP in a closely fought race in which Labour’s record on tackling anti-semitism came under the spotlight
Evening Standard · Jun 28, 2024 Election London: Finchley in the balance as Labour and Conservatives fight for Jewish voters Thatcher’s old constituency, which has Britain’s biggest Jewish electorate, relegated Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour to third place in 2019
Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2024 General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in…Finchley and Golders Green? Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election
The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024 Rising stars who could play a big part in a Labour government Party hopes to usher in a different generation of politicians – with some likely to be quickly promoted to ministers. Here are 10 to watch
Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2024 Labour candidate in Finchley and Golders Green urges new offence to protect MPs as Mike Freer quits Sarah Sackman expresses shock after Mr Freer cited death threats for not standing again
Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022 Meet the mums standing for Parliament under plan to tackle toxic Commons culture The MotheRED project has issued grants of up to £2,000 to help mums with the cost of standing for selection as Labour MPs. Meet some of the latest winners