Thousands of criminals placed on electronic monitoring schemes never even get a tag fitted in the Ministry of Justice's chaotic, under-performing system, it has emerged.

The Ministry of Justice has admitted for the first time that 5,450 offenders were not wearing the electronic monitoring devices at the end of March, despite having been ordered to…

Thousands of criminals placed on electronic monitoring schemes never even get a tag fitted in the Ministry of Justice's chaotic, under-performing system, it has emerged.