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Andy Burnham Stops Early Prisoner Releases as Britain's Prison Crisis Persists

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has paused an early prisoner release scheme due to public backlash, highlighting Britain's ongoing prison overcrowding crisis and sparking debate on alternative solutions.

International Business Times UK

PM’s prisons early release review to be conducted over ‘coming days and weeks’

Under the new Sentencing Act set to come into force in September, some 6,000 criminals were due to be released under the early prison release scheme.

The Independent UK

Voices: PC Harper’s killers have exposed a flaw in Labour’s sentencing reforms

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If prisoners can walk free under a scheme intended to tackle overcrowding, something has gone badly wrong with British justice. Andy Burnham has heeded the public outrage – but he must demand further changes

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Andy Burnham’s pause on early release of prisoners ‘good start but not enough’

The mother of police officer Andrew Harper spoke out after the Prime Minister paused the plan.

Evening Standard

Burnham puts Labour’s early prisoner release scheme on hold

‘No prisoners will be let out under this policy until we have conducted an urgent review’, the new prime minister said

The Independent UK

Burnham pauses early prison release scheme after fury over PC Harper’s killers

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Andy Burnham pauses plan for early release of prisoners

The Prime Minister said ‘keeping the public safe’ was always his ‘top priority’.

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Prisoner early release scheme paused by Andy Burnham may still go ahead

Probation union and crime victims had raised doubts over plan to free 6,000 offenders across England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Mother of Pc Harper says early release of killers ‘another letdown for Andrew’

It comes after the constable’s widow Lissie Harper criticised the early release scheme as ‘deplorable’.

Evening Standard

What is the early prisoner release scheme and why has it been branded ‘deplorable’?

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The Independent UK

Widow of Pc Harper says it is ‘deplorable’ that two killers could be freed early

Lissie Harper said there are real and lasting consequences to decisions made by politicians ‘from behind a desk’.

Evening Standard

Early prison release scheme review after outrage over Pc Harper’s killers

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The Independent UK

PC Harper’s widow brands killers’ early release ‘deplorable’ as Andy Burnham to review scheme

Lissie Harper said that politicians are ‘making decisions from behind a desk that will have real and lasting consequences’ for the families of victims

The Independent UK

UK politics: Burnham to review early prisoner release scheme – as it happened

New PM says the main perpetrator in the killing of PC Andrew Harper will now ‘not be subject to early release’ and he will also review ‘whole policy’

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Burnham to review early release policy amid concerns from family of Pc Harper

Pc Harper died while responding to a report of a quad bike theft in 2019.

The Guardian - UK

Mahmood and Streeting accused of making ‘cheap jokes’ about prisoner early release scheme

Victims of crime say it’s ‘no laughing matter’ after ministers caught on hot mic ‘ribbing’ about scheme

Evening Standard

Andrew Harper: No early release for main perpetrator in PC's killing, says Burnham

Pc Harper died after getting caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and dragged down a country road as three teenage suspects fled the scene of a burglary

Evening Standard

Two of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers may be eligible for early release

The 28-year-old sustained fatal injuries while responding to a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, in August 2019.

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The Independent UK

Pc Andrew Harper’s killers eligible for early release

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Two of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers ‘could be released from prison early’ under Labour scheme

PC Harper’s mother said that the letter from the Ministry of Justice was an ‘insult beyond anything able to be put into words’

Evening Standard

James Stunt claimed diplomatic immunity and called black Met police officer 'Uncle Tom' in bizarre tirade

James Stunt was caught on camera launching a foul-mouthed tirade at a police officer after his arrest

International Business Times

Climate Crisis Worsening Already 'Hellish' Refugee Situation: UN

Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally, while worsening the often already "hellish" conditions of displacement, the United Nations said Tuesday.

The Independent UK

New award for public servants killed on duty ‘vitally important’, say fathers

Bryn Hughes and Paul Bone both received an Elizabeth Emblem following the deaths of their daughters Pcs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone.

The Guardian - UK

Former police leader allegedly made sexual remark about widow of PC Andrew Harper

Tribunal hears John Apter, since suspended, said he wanted to ‘comfort’ widow of officer killed on duty

Wales Online

Police banned from wearing memorial badge at Pride because it is 'anti-trans'

Officers wear the badge to commemorate those who have fallen in the line of duty

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