Andy Burnham says he’s ‘increasingly confident’ early release of PC Harper killers can be prevented - UK politics live

The prime minister says other work to reduce prisoner numbers could allow for more space for serious offenders Debbie Adlam, the mother of PC Andrew Harper, told the BBC this morning that she had a “bit of hope” about her son’s killers being excluded from the early release scheme followng a call from Downing Street about this last night. Referring to a conversation with a member of the PM’s staff, Adlam told BBC Breakfast: She said that he wanted to convey that he wants to do everything that he…