Conservative Party plans to overhaul homicide laws, increasing minimum home murder sentence from 15 to 25 years and adopting a US-style tiered system.

The Conservative Party plans to overhaul homicide laws, promising tougher sentences for killers and domestic abusers. The party's manifesto proposes increasing the minimum sentence for murders that take place in the home from 15 to 25 years, and adopting a US-style tiered system of first- and second-degree murder. First-degree murder would result in an automatic life sentence, while some cases of manslaughter would also be covered.