We need to lock up criminals for longer, says Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy

In his first speech on prisons in the job of Shadow Justice Secretary, delivered in Parliament on 29 January 2026, Nick Timothy MP challenged the minister on the details of prison capacity, and invited him to agree with him that prison works.

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