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Petition calling for change over early release plans handed into Downing Street | ITV News  ITVX

Writing for The Mirror, Alex Davies-Jones, Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women Minister, says the government takes the anger from victims about early prison release very seriously - and says why the move was needed

Alex Norris set out plans to free up capacity in the UK’s overcrowded male prison estate to MPs as Parliament returned for its autumn term.

Alex Norris set out plans to free up capacity in the UK’s overcrowded male prison estate to MPs as Parliament returned for its autumn term.

After campaigning by bereaved families and the Chronicle, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced changes blocking offenders jailed over the deaths of Archie York and Maya Chappell from earlier release from prison

The Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales says victims are desperate for more detail on how the early release scheme will affect them.

'He’s going to kill me': Domestic abuse victims warn Early Release Scheme will put lives at risk  lbc.co.uk

Prison spaces could run out by May after Andy Burnham alters release scheme  thetimes.com

Early release scheme: Freed prisoners returning back to jail at alarming rates  GB News

Burnham initially resisted calls to limit the scheme further

Critics say the move, which will keep PC Harper’s killers in jail, leaves number of prison spaces ‘too close to the bone’ PC Andrew Harper’s killers will remain behind bars after a critical intervention by Andy Burnham, but the move has led to warnings that overcrowded prisons will be left “one major event away from di

Anyone convicted of unlawful killing - including manslaughter - won't now be eligible for early release from jail, under changes outlined by the Prime Minister.

50 chief constables across the UK urged the Government to reconsider the early release scheme

Ryan Prosser | Freelance News Reporter Published August 30, 2026 8:13am Updated August 30, 2026 8:20am Andy Burnham has confirmed PC Harper’s killers won’t be eligible for the early release scheme (Picture: Getty Images/AP) PC Andrew Harper’s killers will remain in prison thanks to changes to Labour’s early release sch

BBC Breakfast has delivered a major breaking news announcement, revealing that PC Andrew Harper’s killers will be kept behind bars under changes to the early release scheme

PC ANDREW Harper's killers will remain behind bars after Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced changes to the early release scheme. The PM said anyone convicted of unlawful killing - like Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole - would be exempt and would stay in prison. Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were jailed for 13 years for