Karl Turner led internal resistance to reforms by then-justice secretary David Lammy that would have removed the right to jury trial for many offences carrying sentences of under three years.
LEO MCKINSTRY - OPINION: Because of a shortage of jail cells, around 5,000 inmates could be released in October, having served just a third of their sentences.
UK investors pulled £1.6 billion from stock market funds in July as fears over potential tax rises under Prime Minister Andy Burnham rattled confidence ahead of the Autumn Budget.
OPINION - JONATHAN SAXTY: More than 2,000 illegals arrived in Burnham's first fortnight, the one-in, one-out scheme is a joke and migrant crisis continues