05 October 2022
Home secretary Suella Braverman is considering giving suspects anonymity to prevent ‘trial by media’ where suspects are well-known, she told Young Conservatives at the party conference in Birmingham.
Braverman also said she wanted to reduce the number of foreign students using ‘low quality’ courses as a way to enter the UK, and is considering introducing laws to make it easier to deport people who come to the UK through irregular means.
Labour, at its conference in Liverpool last week, pledged to introduce a ‘Hillsborough law’, to give legal representation at inquiries to bereaved families and introduce a duty of candour on the part of public authorities.
Shadow justice secretary Steve Reed said Labour would introduce specialist courts for rape cases, and would make ‘trauma-informed practice’ central to its overall criminal justice approach, with a view to reducing reoffending.
