New offences, a clampdown on cautions and a hardline approach to sentencing paedophiles and terrorists are among a 'tough package' of measures outlined by the justice secretary Chris Grayling in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.

The bill, introduced in the Commons, proposes a new offence of being unlawfully at large, punishing those who go on the run while serving the non-custodial element of a sentence with up to two years in prison.