Labour considers raising age of criminal responsibility amid youth justice overhaul

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The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales could be raised to as high as 14 under David Lammy's overhaul to the youth justice system.

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The Youth Justice White Paper, published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), sets out a major re-think as to how Britain's justice system handles young offenders.Mr Lammy said Labour would "carefully consider" whether the existing age of criminal responsibility - 10 - reflected "modern understanding of childhood, vulnerability and development in today's society".The reforms also pledge to cut the number of children held in custody by a fifth within three years, with around 420 under-18s currently detained.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Additional measures include overhauling how childhood criminal records are disclosed and granting judges authority to imprison parents whose children persistently reoffend.England and Wales, along with Northern Ireland, has the lowest age of criminal responsibility anywhere in Europe.The threshold has stood...

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