Labour failing women and girls with early release scheme, former Home Office minister Jess Phillips warns

Jess Phillips urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham this week to prioritise women's safety by blocking thousands of domestic abusers from being released from jail early.

Burnham orders review of early release scheme over fears grooming gang criminals will be eligible to walk free  lbc.co.uk

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

The Ministry of Justice is working to ensure grooming cases are identified, a spokesperson for the Prime Minister said.

The Ministry of Justice is working to ensure grooming cases are identified, a spokesperson for the Prime Minister said.

Debbie Adlam, mum of PC Andrew Harper, has spoken out on Good Morning Britain about the early prisoner release scheme.

Debbie Adlam, mother of PC Andrew Harper, appeared on Good Morning Britain to speak out against the prison early release scheme.

The scheme to free up much needed prison space by releasing some offenders to serve the remainder of their sentences on the outside has provoked an outcry from victims.

Many early childhood advocates are worried about the future of their sector as consultation for a major funding review winds up on Thursday.

Some readers say the move to exclude rapists and sex offenders still doesn’t go far enough, while others argue ministers have no real alternative while prisons stay full

Jake Richard acknowledges ‘unimaginable pain’ of Harper’s family but says government faces an ‘unenviable position’ Good morning and welcome to the UK politics blog. Ministers continue to defend the release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers as part of the government’s early prisoner release scheme, despite a potential lega

Times letters: Contested changes to jail early-release scheme  The Times

The Government has announced that rapists, child sex offenders and some grooming gang perpetrators will be exempt from the early release scheme, designed to tackle overcrowding in jails.

Some offenders will be barred from the scheme, but families say it comes "at the expense of victims".

EXCLUSIVE: The family of murdered Maya Chappell, of Shotton Colliery, County Durham, say restrictions on the type of offenders who could be released early from jail "don't go far enough"

Labour minister skewered after telling GB News early release reforms are as 'far as they can go': 'The safety of Britons comes first!'  GB News

Prime Minister Andy Burnham says offenders will also face tighter community supervision, including new GPS monitoring for rapists to restrict movements

Lissie Harper said she is 'bristling with anger'Abbie Llewelyn, Press Association political staff and Ethan Davies00:36, 04 Aug 2026PC Andrew Harper's widow has slammed Andy Burnham over allowing her husband's killers to walk free from prison after the Prime Minister delayed plans to stop early jail releases.‌Lissie Ha

Lissie Harper 'appalled' that two of Pc Harper's killers could soon be freed | ITV News  itv.com