Snap guide to this session’s Government legislation 4) The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.

Gauke’s argument on sentencing reform is calm, reasoned and vulnerable to events outside his control

The Justice Secretary makes a good case that short prison sentences make reoffending worse. But he must persuade a sceptical public.

Lorne Green: New technology is helping to keep Norfolk safe

Drones play a big part in locating missing persons and tracking down criminals. Automated Number Plate Recognition technology has been extended.

Jason Ablewhite: In Cambridgeshire, more police are serving on the frontline

My plan not only involves bringing offenders to justice but also deterring them from reoffending.

Phillip Lee: The Birmingham prison scandal. And why it’s time to roll back the frontiers of PFI in our public services

We spend £251 billion each year on outsourcing and contracting without evidence that this is a good deal for taxpayers.

James Frayne: Healthcare, crime and justice, quality retirement and the provinces. Four priorities for the Centre-Right

It ought to be focused on those areas that the public really care about and where it can meaningfully offer useful policy ideas.

Edward Boyd: Prison reform is not an option, it is a necessity

The majority of those who leave prison will be convicted of new crimes within a year – that is a shameful failure.

Iain Duncan Smith: Family breakdown is too big a problem to ignore any longer

Children lose out, and there’s a knock-on elder care, too.

Simply throwing money at our broken prison system won’t deliver the required reform

Whether Truss’s inspiration is May on policing or Gove on schools, the only way ahead is a challenging radicalism.

Charlotte Pickles: Localism is needed for a rehabilitation revolution

All prison and probation services should be fully devolved to Police and Crime Commissioners.

Philippa Stroud: Reforming prisoners, strengthening society. At last, here is a plan to make jail an engine of social justice

Dame Sally Coates’s review, published this week and accepted yesterday by Michael Gove, sets out the right forward.

Jonathan Clifton: Where next for Police and Crime Commissioners?

The first wave of PCCs proved their critics wrong. The second wave must seek to expand their role.

Alex Burghart: Gove aims to bring an education revolution to the aid of prisoners

The Justice Secretary’s speech offers hope for those who want to see lower crime, and lives put back on track.

Rupert Oldham-Reid: Ending the deadly trade in ‘legal highs’

A blanket ban may seem disproportionate, but is necessary to stay ahead of the chemists and suppliers who deal in these substances.

Interview: Grayling – As Lord Chancellor, “it’s an advantage not being a lawyer”

“So you don’t arrive at a decision because you’re a barrister and therefore you favour the bar or because you’re a solicitor and therefore you favour the solicitors’ firms.”