Justice reforms come into force

CHANGES in the law aimed at keeping serious sexual and violent offenders behind bars for longer and making the streets safer come into force today.

Making whole-life orders, the most severe punishment available in the UK criminal justice system, the starting point for pre-meditated child murder is among the new measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act.

Mandatory life sentences for the unlawful killing of emergency workers and ending automatic early release of offenders deemed to be a danger are also part of the act.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the Government aims to “make our streets safer”.