Rachel Sylvester

The Virgin entrepreneur argues that locking more people up is not the answer and argues that employing former prisoners benefits both society and business

The justice secretary has launched a review of sentencing to reduce the demand for cells

The daughter of Pakistani immigrants, Shabana Mahmood grew up helping in her parents’ corner shop in Birmingham. In July, she became the first Muslim lord chancellor. Her job? Getting to grips with a criminal justice system on the brink

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The director of the Serious Fraud Office says whistleblowers often go to American authorities because doing so in the UK is all risk and no reward

Schools in the Baltic former Soviet state excel in reading, mathematics and science as well as fairness and happiness

Former Tory and Labour ministers say children are not being equipped with the skills they need to succeed in a rapidly changing world

Evidence lost, prisoners waiting on remand for years, roof leaks, judges mopping floors, burnt-out barristers — Rachel Sylvester talks to barristers about a criminal justice system that is broken

A rejection of fresh fruit and vegetables by the working class is driving an epidemic of ill health among the most deprived areas in the UK

The pupils are murderers, drug dealers and gang members. In the past they would have been locked up for 22 hours a day. But can a radical school in Kent change their lives? Rachel Sylvester, the first journalist to be allowed to visit, meets the man behind it