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14 October 2019updated 24 Jul 2021 3:47am

What’s going on with the Tories and sentencing?

Their “law and order” agenda exposes a desperate party in campaign mode.

By Anoosh Chakelian

Briefings ahead of the government’s Queen’s Speech – where it lays out the policies it wants to introduce in the next session – focus on “law and order”.

Although the speech has yet to be made, we know that at the very least the government is trying to frame its legislative agenda around being “tougher” on crime.

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