Domestic abusers' early release from jail in new Labour plans is condemned by victims' commissioner

Dame Nicole Jacobs said the decision not to exclude domestic abuse perpetrators from the scheme 'puts victims' lives at risk', as some 5,000 people are expected to be released in October.

Some offenders will be barred from the scheme, but those guilty of manslaughter may be eligible, leaving PC Harper's family "devastated".

Katherine Errington has urged the Prime Minister to look at individual cases before freeing criminals responsible for heinous offences

Andy Burnham admits he 'pushed early prison release to the limits' as PM reveals three-point plan to 'fix prison crisis once and for all'  GB News

After a blitz of small wins, PM is finding that like Keir Starmer there is only so much he can control on the big calls UK politics live – latest updates If Andy Burnham wanted to demonstrate he was the anti-Keir Starmer, the first fortnight could not have gone better. Instead of painting a gloomy picture of tough t

The Press Association looks at the key questions following the changes

The Press Association looks at the key questions following the changes

Andy Burnham has excluded rapists and serious child sex offenders from his early prisoner release scheme, but victims' groups and the opposition say the changes still don't go far enough

PC Andrew Harper, who was 28 when he was killed, and his wife Lissie (Picture: PA) Two men who were passengers in the car when PC Andrew Harper was killed in 2019 will be released early from prison. Uproar over the potential for Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole’s early release led to Prime Minister Andy Burnham pausing th

Justice Secretary challenged over 'risible' claim Government is putting victims first - as killers still set for early release  lbc.co.uk

Pc Harper’s mother says family ‘paying the price’ for early release scheme  ITVX

It comes after the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham paused the early prisoner release scheme and ordered an urgent review in a dramatic intervention earlier this month

Prime minister insists ‘Keeping the public safe is my top priority’ after campaigners raised concerns

The widow of PC Andrew Harper, who was killed in the line of duty, has accused Andy Burnham of 'betrayal' after it was revealed that two of her husband's killers remain eligible for early release.

She was just five years old when she was sent to live with Barbara Daniel, 75, and Douglas Daniel, 80, at their home in Glasgow in 1987.

A Kentucky child killer who butchered a sleeping boy to death but was acquitted by reason of insanity was released from prison on Wednesday– as the boy's father fumed at the judicial system.

A domestic abuser flouted a court order by contacting his victim 853 times from prison.