Sorry, not true at all. Here's what actually happened
In March 2025, as the video shows, the Sentencing Council published revised guidance saying a pre-sentence report would “normally be considered necessary” for certain groups, including “those from an ethnic minority, cultural minority, and/or faith minority community.” That was a genuine distinction based on group membership—not something critics invented.
This concerned obtaining a report to help a judge decide the appropriate sentence, not an instruction to impose a shorter sentence. Nevertheless, the government reasonably objected that preferential access to these reports risked differential treatment.
Parliament subsequently passed the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025. It received Royal Assent on June 19 and came into force on June 20, 2025, blocking that approach. It applies to England and Wales, not the whole United Kingdom.
The operative provision is explicit:
“But sentencing guidelines about pre-sentence reports may not include provision framed by reference to different personal characteristics of an offender.”
In other words, pre-sentence reports CAN'T include things like nationality, religion, or the like.
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