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Sentencing Act 2026

Major sentencing reform introducing presumption to suspend sentences under 12 months, new income reduction orders, tougher rules for dangerous offenders, and changes to bail and foreign criminal deportation.

A Bill to make provision about the sentencing, release and management after sentencing of offenders; to make provision about bail; to make provision about the removal from the United Kingdom of foreign criminals; and for connected purposes.

Status: Act of Parliament

Current House: Unassigned

Stage: Royal Assent

Sponsored by: Shabana Mahmood, Lord Timpson

Introduced: 2025-09-02

Royal Assent: 2026-01-22