The Latest Breaking News from Andrew Harper

PC Harper petition hits one million signatures as plans form to keep killers in jail

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The Independent UK · Aug 14

One million people sign petition to block PC Andrew Harper’s killers from early release

Police federation chiefs condemned the government’s decision not to block the killers as ‘outrageous’

The Independent UK · Aug 14

Burnham won’t fix our prisons crisis until he dares to be honest with the public about crime

Most crime figures have drastically fallen, but people don’t believe it. It’s no wonder when politicians whip up emotions and attempt to bend the law, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14

Voices: ‘Only the courts can keep someone in prison’: Readers reject calls to block PC Harper killers’ early release

YOUR VIEWS: Our community has pushed back against calls for Downing Street to carve out an exception for Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, warning that political interference in sentencing threatens judicial independence

The Independent UK · Aug 12

UK politics: Burnham urges retailers to stop selling disposable barbecues after emergency Cobra meeting – as it happened

PM warns extreme heat conditions ‘could be with us fo some time yet’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12

Wednesday briefing: Why the prison crisis is about much more than early release

In today’s newsletter: As ministers scramble to resolve overcrowding in prisons, experts say the crisis demands a rethink of who we lock up – and what happens when they’re set free

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12

Burnham ‘pushing the system’ to try to stop early release of Pc Harper’s killers

The police officer died in the line of duty in 2019.

Evening Standard · Aug 12

Police leaders call on Burnham to prevent early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers

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The Independent UK · Aug 11

Fifty police chiefs pile pressure on Burnham to prevent early release of PC Harper’s killers

Police have called for an amendment to the law to exclude people convicted of killing emergency service workers in the line of duty

The Independent UK · Aug 11

Police leaders heap pressure on PM to prevent early release of Pc Harper killers

The letter from police leaders included the signatures of Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley and National Crime Agency Director General Graeme Biggar

Evening Standard · Aug 11