Andy Burnham has asked the justice secretary to “work through further options” to keep the “most serious offenders in prison” - including PC Andrew Harper’s killers - after mounting public backlash over plans to release them early.
The prime minister said he is “increasingly confident” that work to increase space in the prison system “will allow us to reduce the number of people released early and, in the case of the most serious offenders like those convicted of the killing of PC Harper, prevent their early release altogether”.
