Jail book ban: Carol Ann Duffy leads new challenge to Chris Grayling

Poet laureate and authors Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan and Mark Haddon want to meet justice secretary to discuss restrictions

The poet laureate and leading authors have written to the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, asking for a meeting to discuss his decision to introduce a ban on sending books to prisoners.

Carol Ann Duffy and the novelists Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan and Mark Haddon want to meet Grayling after growing anger at the decision to stop people sending books and other items to prisoners.