Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood will now be getting diversity briefings instead of, say, updates on the prison crisis. HM Prison & Probation Service is splashing out £78,129 a year on a new “Area Senior Diversity & Inclusion Manager”. The lucky recruit will be charged with “building understanding of equality and diversity, to meet the needs of the prisoners in our care” and “providing high-quality briefings” for the SoS, Director General of Operations and the HMPPS CEO. Whilst “leading on all Equality matters across the area” they’ll also get £20,576 towards their pension…
This is just months after Shabana Mahmood accepted the “soft on crime” sentencing review’s recommendations scrapping all jail terms under 12 months and letting violent offenders, including sex criminals, out after serving just 30% of their time. Priorities…
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”