Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is expected to confirm that the measures, known as Jade's Law, will be brought before parliament by the end of the year.
Parents who kill their partners will have any rights over their children automatically suspended while they serve time in prison under plans to be unveiled by the justice secretary.
Mr Chalk is expected to tell the Conservative Party conference that under the new law, a person who is convicted of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of a person with whom they share children will lose their parental rights. Under the proposed law, the courts would still consider the best interests of the child through a rapid and robust review stage and a right to apply to have the suspension lifted. And there will be an exemption for those parents who lash out with diminished responsibility following a history of domestic abuse.The measures will be introduced to parliament as part of the Victims and Prisoners Bill.
Meanwhile, the government is expected to confirm that the legal expectation placed on judges to hand down whole life orders - except in extremely limited circumstances - will apply retrospectively to those who have already committed the worst crimes but are yet to be sentenced.whole-life prison sentences will become the"default" punishment
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