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The previous Lord Chancellor asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of homicide law and sentencing. This is a wholesale review that will completely reconsider, and make recommendations for, a new sentencing framework for murder. Any changes to the framework, including to whole-life orders, should be considered in the context of this review. It would not be appropriate to make changes before that has finished. The Law Commission closed a call for evidence on 31 October 2025. It is reviewing the responses ahead of a public consultation due to be published in 2026.