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• Serious offenders could face bigger penalties under new environmental sentencing proposals

  14 March 2013
  New proposals for how environmental offenders like fly-tippers should be sentenced have been launched today by the Sentencing Council.

• New proposals give greater focus to impact of sex offences on victims

  
  The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation today on its proposals for how guidance for courts on sexual offences should be brought up to date.

• New sentencing guideline for dangerous dog offences comes into force

  20 August 2012
  From 20 August 2012, courts in England and Wales will be adopting a tougher approach to the way those convicted of dangerous dog offences are treated as a new sentencing guideline comes into effect.

• Tougher sentences for dangerous dog offences

  15 May 2012
  A tougher approach to the way those convicted of dangerous dog offences are treated by the courts is contained in a new guideline from the Sentencing Council published today.

• Sentencing Council publishes guidelines on allocation, offences taken into consideration and totality

  06 March 2012
  The Sentencing Council has published definitive guidelines on three overarching aspects of sentencing: allocation, offences taken into consideration and totality.

• Courts issued with new guideline for sentencing drug offenders

  24 January 2012
  Today the Sentencing Council has published a new definitive guideline on drug offences.

• New sentencing proposals for dangerous dog offences - public consultation launched

  15 December 2011
  New proposals about how the owners of dangerous dogs should be sentenced by the courts are being announced today, with the launch of a public consultation on the first sentencing guideline that covers dangerous dog offences.

• Victims central to new guideline for the sentencing of burglars

  13 October 2011
  Today the Sentencing Council is publishing a new definitive guideline for the sentencing of burglars.

• Sentencing Council launches consultation on draft guidelines on totality, offences taken into consideration and allocation

  15 September 2011
  The Sentencing Council is seeking views on its proposed sentencing guidelines on three overarching aspects of sentencing: totality, offences taken into consideration and allocation, with a consultation launched today.

• Victims central to new proposals for the sentencing of burglars

  12 May 2011
  Today, the Sentencing Council is launching a three-month public consultation on its proposals to introduce a new guideline for judges and magistrates on the sentences for all offences which involve burglary.

• Sentencing for drugs offences – public consultation launched on new guideline for judges

  28 March 2011
  Today, the Sentencing Council is launching a three-month public consultation on its proposals to introduce a new guideline for judges and magistrates for the sentencing of drugs offenders.

• Sentencing Council launches new definitive guideline for assault offences.

  16 March 2011
  Today, the Sentencing Council is publishing a new guideline for judges and magistrates.

• Revising the sentencing guideline on assault – reminder to contribute to consultation

  01 December 2010
  With the consultation on the Sentencing Council’s revised guideline on assault due to close on 5 January 2011, Council chairman Lord Justice Leveson is keen to remind people to take the opportunity to give their views.

• Sentencing for assault: consultation launched on changes to judges’ guidelines

  13 October 2010
  Today the Sentencing Council launches a 12-week public consultation, proposing changes to the guidelines that judges and magistrates use to sentence people for offences of assault.

• Appointments announced to Sentencing Council

  29 March 2010
  The Lord Chancellor, Jack Straw, and Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, today announced the appointment of the new members of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, the independent body being set up to support greater consistency in sentencing.

• Lord Justice Leveson appointed as Chairman of the Sentencing Council

  16 March 2010
  The Lord Chief Justice, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor, has offered the appointment as Chairman of the Sentencing Council to Lord Justice Leveson, currently the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales.