BORIS’s NEW BILL
GREAT
Prisoners
Will prevent murderers and paedophiles being released if they refuse to disclose details about their victims – such as the location of their bodies or the names of those they attacked.
GREAT
Sentencing
Two bills will bring in longer jail terms. The first for terrorists will ensure those behind the worst offences will serve at least 14 years, ending release at the halfway point by ensuring all serve at least two-thirds. The second will also move the release point from half to two-thirds for the most serious and violent offenders.
DOUBLE GREAT
NHS
The new money – all £33.9billion extra of it – is going in anyway in the next four years, but a new law sends a signal to voters about the importance of the NHS to Mr Johnson, as well as making any funding cuts unlawful. Now begins the hard work of getting the Health Service to spend it effectively, improve output and fulfil other pledges on 50,000 more nurses and 40 hospitals in the next decade. A separate bill will establish a new patient safety watchdog.
