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Burglars and shoplifters are among prisoners who will be released two months early as the country runs out of spare jail cells. But do you agree with these emergency measures?

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk's campaign team delivered election leaflets in Cheltenham claiming there's 'good news' for the economy as Britain slipped into recession

The YouGov survey of 14,000 people indicates Cabinet big beasts such as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps could lose their seats at the general election

Judges have been told to delay sentencing hearings from next week in a desperate bid to keep down the prison population, while ministers consider letting criminals out early

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has commissioned polling that critics warned could lay the ground for the early release of prisoners as jails struggle with overcrowding

The staggering admission by the Ministry of Justice was included by mistake in an £8million contract that was published on a Government procurement website