Burnham’s pledge to scrap indefinite jail terms brings campaigners ‘justice and hope’ after years of anguish

The Independent has long campaigned for thousands of IPP prisoners who were jailed indefinitely - and on Sunday morning the prime minister announced he would ‘end the injustice’ of the prison terms

Campaigners welcome plan to bring IPP sentences to a close but say the move is long overdue Campaigners have hailed Andy Burnham’s pledge to bring an end to indefinite jail terms as “a day that thousands of families have spent years fighting for”. The prime minister has said he will “end the injustice” of imprisonment