London: Nearly 900,000 offences including murder, kidnap, and child rape, have been committed by people on bail in England and Wales since the Conservatives came to power, a new analysis has found.
The latest government figures show more than 20,000 offences were committed by those released from custody as they awaited a hearing, equating to 55 offences a day.
More than 7,200 sexual offences, including some committed against children as young as 12, were also committed by people on bail since 2010, of which 260 were committed in the last recorded year of 2021.
The data, released to Labour after a parliamentary question, came as the Ministry of Justice launched a review of London probation services after they were condemned for a lack of staff and poor management.
Read more: Rajeev Syal , Guardian, https://rb.gy/5klwvn
