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James Timpson

July 2024

  • Anne Owers

    Take it from a former prisons inspector: letting offenders out early won’t fix our broken system

    Anne Owers
  • Will Hutton

    The rich were led to believe they were different. Those days are numbered

    Will Hutton
  • HMP Chelmsford

    James Timpson is a sign of hope for a rational prisons policy

  • James Timpson smiles as he poses for a photograph in front of a union flag at No 10 Downing Street following his appointment to cabinet by Sir Keir Starmer

    The Guardian view on overcrowded prisons: James Timpson’s arrival is a signal of hope

  • A shoe-fixing, key-cutting radical: why Labour’s new prisons minister is perfect for the job

    Simon Hattenstone
  • Labour consider plan to release prisoners after 40% of sentence served

  • Familiar faces but not all from politics: meet the surprise Labour ministers

  • Prison reform experts hail role for shoe repair CEO James Timpson

  • Keir Starmer hits out at prison system ‘mess’ caused by Tories

October 2021

  • Menopause

    Timpson praised for offering to pay for HRT prescriptions for staff

    But campaigners say menopause drugs should be free in England as they are in Scotland and Wales

August 2021

  • James Timpson speaking at the Conservative party conference in 2015

    ‘There is another way’: why Timpson boss hit out at PM’s chain-gang plan

    James Timpson has employed ex-prisoners since 2008 and says putting trust in people pays off

April 2019

  • Sarah Barker at work for Timpsons in Manchester.

    'The support never stops' – former prisoner working for Timpson

    The Manchester company funds recruiting and training for ex-offenders and now has bigger plans

March 2009

  • A Timpson shop

    Practice
    A foot in the door

    A shoe company is opening a prison workshop to train offenders and to provide job opportunities. Eric Allison reports

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