Kemi Badenoch defends selection of man jailed for harassing Jewish MP in council election – UK politics live

Conservative leader tells press she stands by decision to select Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a candidate for local election in Somerset Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election Some 86,495 people were in prison in England and Wales as of 3 August, according to the latest data published by the Ministry of Justice. This is 2,026 below the record high of 88,521 reached on 6 September 2024, just before the current early release scheme began. Continue…