Khan: An exercise in cost-cutting

Shadow justice minister Sadiq Khan criticises the government’s plans outlined in the justice green paper today:

“A sentencing review that should have been about reducing re-offending and protecting the public seems to have become just an exercise in cutting costs.

“Sadly, despite Cameron’s rhetoric about putting the public first, the government have retreated to a traditionally Tory ideological approach, setting an arbitrary target for the prison population, rather than addressing the primary concern of protecting the public.”