Former Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Justice Secretary Jack Straw explains why he's backing Yvette Cooper to lead the Labour party back into government. British elections used to be heroically ...

The British public are about to be presented with a series of “big ideas” to fix the criminal justice system which is currently utterly broken. The rationale for radical change will seem ...

Labour grandee Jack Straw has called for thousands of defendants each year to be stripped of their right to elect a jury trial. Mr Straw, who served as Home Secretary under Tony Blair and Justice ...

The government should scrap the right of defendants to choose trial by jury for some mid-range offences, former justice secretary Jack Straw has said. He branded laws allowing someone on trial to ...

The Rt Hon Jack Straw is one of three senior Ministers to remain in Cabinet throughout the 1997 to 2010 Labour Government. He served as Foreign Secretary (2001 to 2006), Home Secretary (1997 to 2001), ...

Home Secretary Jack Straw said it was being ended because "it is arbitrary, unfair and ineffective and has penalised genuine cases, divided families and unnecessarily increased the administrative ...

Rt Hon Jack Straw was honoured for his commitment and contribution to the Blackburn and Darwen Youth Zone at a packed-out event at Blackburn Rovers Jack Straw held two of the traditional Great ...