Foreign criminals convicted in British courts will soon face being deported immediately, under a law change announced by the government today.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she is taking ‘radical action’ to help free up space in the struggling prison system and save taxpayers money.

Currently, prisoners with no right to be in the UK can be deported once 50 percent of their sentence is completed.

This will fall to 30 percent once changes recommended by the Independent Sentencing Review in May come into effect, which is expected to be next month.

And after the legislation announced today comes into force, the figure will fall to 0 percent.

Mahmood said: ‘Deportations are up under this government, and with this new law they will happen earlier than ever before.

‘Our message is

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