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Sentencing Council rejects justice secretary's calls for guidance rethink amid 'two-tier' justice row

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Sentencing Council rejects calls from the justice secretary to change guidance.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said pre-sentence reports should be 'necessary' for minorities.

The guidance has prompted claims of ' two -tier' justice from Conservatives .

Ms Mahmood previously said access to such a report should not be determined by ethnicity, culture or religion.

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