Shabana Mahmood, justice secretary, says ‘all options are on the table’ and threatens to change law after ‘disappointing’ response from councilEd Davey, the Lib Dem leader, has joined his party’s attack on Nigel Farage over his comments about a UK/US trade deal. (See 11.12am.). In a post on social media Davey said:Farage wants you to eat chlorinated chicken just so he can keep licking the boots of his idol Donald Trump. It’s so pathetic and unpatriotic.Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, said “all options were on the table” and threatened to change the law if necessary after a “disappointing” response from the chairman of the council over new guidelines to judges relating to pre-sentence reports for ethnic minorities.Instead, the Sentencing Council said it will clarify language around the relevant part of the guideline “in the hope that this would correct the widespread misunderstanding” which has emerged in the last few weeks. Continue reading...