The emergency early release of prisoners is being proposed by the Scottish government to ease overcrowding amid a spike in numbers, putting the prison estate at "critical risk".
The Scottish Government is expected to declare a housing emergency in a debate at Holyrood - but there is no indication to date of further funding commitments
Ronnie Cowan MP has said the UK government failed Scottish sub-postmasters over its decision not to offer UK-wide redress for those wrongly convicted in the Horizon scandal. The Post Office (Horizon Systems) Offences Bill was passed at…
The Scottish government has announced plans for new legislation that will exonerate sub-postmasters wrongly convicted as a result of the faulty Horizon IT system.