Alex Norris

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Releasing murderer Vickrum Digwa’s mother early would be ‘blow’ to Nowak family

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Court backlogs will still fall despite jury trials U-turn, Alex Norris says

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Court backlogs will still fall despite jury trials U-turn, Alex Norris says

Inner London Crown Court interior

Controversial plan to curb jury trials scrapped

A man giving the thumbs-up as he leaves prison

‘Thank-you Andy Burnham’: Prisoners praise PM as they are freed early from jail

Justice Secretary Alex Norris (centre) with Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr and Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos, outside the Royal Courts of Justice (James Manning/PA)

New Lord Chancellor pledges to be ‘ambitious’ in cutting crown court backlog

The main entrance to HM Prison Norwich

Early prison release needed to keep public confidence – Justice Secretary

Justice Secretary Alex Norris

Prisons will still function under plans to turn laundries into cells – minister

Justice Secretary Alex Norris

Government to accelerate building of prison places with £110m – minister

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

No early release for Pc Harper’s killers after release scheme change

Alex Norris visit to HMP Welland Oaks site

Victims’ families call for all manslaughter to be excluded from early release

Pc Andrew Harper

Pc Harper’s killers to be excluded from early release scheme – reports

Andy Burnham

Burnham to report to Parliament on early release scheme in two weeks

Pc Andrew Harper

Exemption could stop Pc Harper’s killers’ early release, says former top judge

Pc Andrew Harper

One million sign petition to block Pc Harper’s killers from early release

Drug dealer who had ambitions to be the Mr Big of Blackpool jailed after police found £100k of 'stock'

Burnham ‘pushing the system’ to try to stop early release of Pc Harper’s killers

Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets with local business owners and guests during a visit to The Hub cafe in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, as part of his tour of the UK

Police leaders heap pressure on PM to prevent early release of Pc Harper killers
A letter from police leaders, included the signatures of Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, and National Crime Agency Director General Graeme Biggar.
David Lynch, David Hughes, Sophie Robinson and Harry Taylor, Press Association

Andrew Harper’s widow Lissie Harper lays a wreath at a memorial stone in Reading

Burnham plans to free up prison spaces to keep Pc Harper’s killers behind bars

Pc Andrew Harper's memorial stone

Burnham ‘increasingly confident’ Pc Harper’s killers will not be freed early

Pc Andrew Harper

Government to announce early release exemptions for Pc Harper’s killers in Septe...

Andy Burnham

‘Solution identified’ to prevent early release of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers

Police officer killed in Sulhamstead

Police Federation threatens legal action over early release of Pc Harper’s kille...

A deflated dinghy on a beach

‘Mega dinghy’ that capsized in Channel was largest to attempt crossing

Alex Norris visit to HMP Welland Oaks site

Norris: Victims’ families ‘carrying the can’ for failure to build enough prisons

Pc Andrew Harper

Government apologises to Pc Andrew Harper’s family over early release scheme

Flowers left next to a memorial stone in Reading, dedicated to the memory of Police Constable Andrew Harper

Pc Harper’s mother says family ‘paying the price’ for early release scheme

Andy Burnham

Burnham blocks early prison release for rapists and serious child sex offenders

A hand holding a passport onto a scanner at an e-gate

Passport e-gates now available to children aged eight and nine
Border security minister Alex Norris said the change will ’make journeys easier’.
Neil Lancefield, Press Association Transport Correspondent

Cat Little

Senior civil servant faces Mandelson questions from MPs amid ‘Cabinet divisions’

Migrants suspected of working illegally as delivery riders arrested in raid

Problems ‘getting passengers on board’ caused UK rescue flight to be delayed

Migrants arrive after crossing Channel for first time in nearly two weeks

Crackdown on social media migrant adverts to begin, Home Office says

Major supplier for thousands of small boat crossings jailed

Asylum claims at new record high but backlog down by more than a third

Minister urges Labour MPs to ‘look closely’ at asylum plan amid backbench outcry

Home Office minister defends plans to house asylum seekers on military bases

Dudley MP urges council to use new powers to boost shops

Private parking firms urged to ‘come clean’ over ticket appeals data

Dudley Council could take over empty shops after meeting with minister

Government launches crackdown on ‘misleading’ private parking firms

Stourbridge MP asks Rayner about child-and-parent parking

Empty shops in Lichfield will go under hammer as city becomes one of first in th...

Dudley car parking charges debated in parliament

Labour urges ministers to close ‘glaring loopholes’ in knife crime plans

Blow for Starmer as Hartlepool elects Tory MP for first time in a generation

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