It was approved by the council so I'm assuming there are other things holding it up. I think it's probably Peel Holdings who applied for permission and they are politically savvy enough to realise that a Labour government is likely to be far more willing to contribute to the pre-construction...
OK, we shall see. The language being used currently is identical to that used by the Tories back then, the sole purpose of which was to justify austerity.
I'm surprised an incumbent Tory minister didn't leave a silly note about no money being left.
Welcome to 2010
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/08/keir-starmer-labour-government-northern-ireland-wales-rachel-reeves-angela-rayner
Rehabilitation over punishment. This is obviously for less serious crime. You have to understand and address if you can, the underlying reasons behind crime. Punishment does not do any of those things.
The point is that the the evidence does not demonstrate that it's a deterrent from offending or reoffending. There is no benefit in jailing them to the wider public.