Should terminally ill adults have the right to decide how and when they die? The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is discussed by Jake Richards MP and hosts Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC.

They talk about the legislative process, from the intricacies of the committee stage to the broader implications of the private members' bill system.

The discussion also focuses on the historical evolution of social change, counter arguments, and the critical safeguards built into the bill.

Jake, who is the Labour MP for Rother Valley and a co-sponsor of the legislation, shares his personal motivations for championing this change in the law, emphasising the fundamental question at its core: should individuals be granted the autonomy to make their own end-of-life decisions?

Next, Ken and Tim turn to the extraordinary row caused by the recent Sentencing Council paper on pre-sentence reports for black and minority ethnic defendants.

Why did Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood join the Conservative attack that these proposals are an example of so-called two-tier justice? And will she really move to undermine the independence of the Council?

Finally, does the evidence that black defendants are treated more harshly by the criminal justice system really stack up?

Is tougher legislation the answer to crime, or is it just more political posturing?

The Government’s monster new Crime and Policing Bill promises to crack down on antisocial behaviour, knife crime, and retail theft. But is any of this really necessary, or is it just another example of performative lawmaking?

This episode unpacks the bill’s sweeping powers, the political motivations behind it, and asks whether existing laws already cover these issues.

With police resources stretched thinly, what impact will these changes have on frontline policing and public confidence in the justice system?

Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC are joined by leadng commentator Danny Shaw to break it all down.

Why is UK penal policy failing so badly?

This week, Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC are joined by former Secretary of State for Justice David Gauke, who has just published Part 1 of his Independent Review into Sentencing. In the face of falling crime, why do we have the highest prison population in Western Europe, and why can’t we reduce our expensive addiction to incarceration?

The discussion looks at how other countries have embarked on a process of prison closures, and questions why a decades long penal arms race between the main UK political parties prevents us from doing the same.

Ken and Tim go on to review the Lady Chief Justice’s recent criticism of Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer, as she accuses them of completely misunderstanding a recent judgment granting a Gazan family leave to remain in the UK. Was Lady Carr right to intervene in this way?