It remains to be seen what Gove is prepared to do on this - but it is important to note Cameron has his own priors when it comes to hanging justice secretaries out to dry when they run into trouble with the press, large sections of which continue to oppose a more
liberal penal policy.
Not exact matches
And yet Crook is right: addressing the inmate / officer ratio is a precondition of a
liberal, evidence - based
penal policy.
He became the party's home affairs spokesman in 1999, using that position to articulate the same
liberal views he has consistently held on such issues as
penal and asylum
policy.