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<a href='https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-burnham-labour-farage-badenoch-reform-12593360?postid=12346499#liveblog-body'>Prison-building plans get £110m investment to avoid 'nightmare' of running out of cells</a>

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<a href='https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-burnham-labour-farage-badenoch-reform-12593360?postid=12346499#liveblog-body'>Prison-building plans get £110m investment to avoid 'nightmare' of running out of cells</a>
Burnham warned running prison capacity near limit is ‘big risk’
U-turn on early release scheme will create ‘stresses and strains’ on prison system, says former justice secretary Andy Burnham is taking a “big risk” by seeking to continue running prison capacity to the limit, according to the former justice secretary appointed by Keir Starmer to oversee a review of sentencing. As par
Daily Mail
Daily Mail7 hrs ago
Cells in laundry rooms... the plan to find an extra 14,000 jail spaces
Office space, storage rooms and even laundry rooms in jails will be converted into cells with the aim of adding 14,000 spaces by 2031.
ITV News
ITV News8 hrs ago
Government to accelerate building of prison places with £110m – minister
Government to accelerate building of prison places with £110m – minister  itv.com
GB News
GB News10 hrs ago
Andy Burnham vows largest prison building programme since Victorian era as system on brink of collapse
Andy Burnham vows largest prison building programme since Victorian era as system on brink of collapse  GB News
The Mirror
The Mirror10 hrs ago
Prison building sped up and laundry rooms to be turned into cells to tackle crisis
Justice Secretary Alex Norris has announced a cash injection to speed up plans to create 14,000 new prison cells - while unused space in existing jails will be converted to house more inmates
Irish News
Irish News10 hrs ago
Government to accelerate building of prison places with £110m – minister
Alex Norris will set out plans to speed up the building of prison places as part of the Government’s efforts to tackle overcrowding.
Government to accelerate building of prison places with £110m – minister
Alex Norris will set out plans to speed up the building of prison places as part of the Government’s efforts to tackle overcrowding.
Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News🏁 first to report10 hrs ago
Andy Burnham's government to accelerate building of 100 new prison places
Elsewhere, ministers have signed a contract which will pave the way for a new 1,700-place prison in Lancashire
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