Andy Burnham must find a way to keep PC Andrew Harper’s killers behind bars or face public fury

Find a way ANDY Burnham has apparently been told by hand-wringing civil servants that it’s “not possible” to block the early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers. They need to be told to try harder. There are a few hundred inmates serving time for manslaughter. Burnham needs to order officials to find a way to...

Andy Burnham tries to stop release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers  The Times

Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers remain eligible to be freed in January, halfway through 13-year sentences for the manslaughter of Pc Andrew Harper.

Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers remain eligible to be freed in January, halfway through 13-year sentences for the manslaughter of Pc Andrew Harper.

While it was reported this week that Andy Burnham was prepared to ‘explore every option’ to keep Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers in jail, Downing Street has since played down the prospect of an imminent carve-out to keep the pair behind bars

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Outcry against policy is seen as PM’s first big test since taking over at No 10, but his options are limited PM urged not to change scheme to stop PC Andrew Harper killers’ early release Andy Burnham is said to be exploring “every option” to block the early release from prison of the killers of PC Andrew Harper under

Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers could be freed halfway through their 13-year sentences under Government plans for early releases designed to tackle overcrowding in jails

Andy Burnham admits defeat over early release of PC Harper killers as No10 says it's 'not possible to exempt one or two offenders'  GB News

No 10 says it is 'not possible' to exempt Pc Andrew Harper's killers from early release scheme as it presses ahead with plans  lbc.co.uk

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Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published August 8, 2026 3:16pm Updated August 8, 2026 3:16pm The Government has so far resisted pressure to exempt Jessie Cole (left) and Albert Bowers (right) from its early release scheme (Picture: Thames Valley Police/PA) Prime Minister Andy Burnham is ‘exploring every option’

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch described the move as another "u-turn"

SeventyFour/Shutterstock The UK may have a new prime minister, but the problem of prison overcrowding in England and Wales remains. Andy Burnham recently clarified the details of the Sentencing Act 2026, which aims to release prisoners earlier than usual. Like other PMs before him, Burnham faces a difficult choice bet

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Two of PC Andrew Harper's killers are set to be included in the government's early release scheme, which begins in October.

Katherine Errington is urging the Prime Minister to exclude child killers from any early release schemes

Justice secretary 'deeply sorry' PC Harper's killers could be released early  ITVX

CAMPAIGNERS warned the government on Tuesday that its early release scheme will only buy it “a little time” before the system runs out of cells again. The Howard League for Prison Reform said plans to release some 5,000 inmates early under sentencing changes to tackle overcrowded jails will do “nothing to head off futu

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