The Latest Breaking News from Andy Burnham

Burnham ‘increasingly confident’ Pc Harper’s killers will not be freed early

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said work to free up space in the prison system would be fast-tracked.

Evening Standard · Aug 11

Probation officers vote for strike action after warning early releases will add to excessive workloads - as it happened

Union chief says vote is about staff ‘warning they cannot protect the public properly’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

Burnham ‘increasingly confident’ PC Harper’s killers will not get early release

Prime minister says he has asked justice secretary to accelerate measures to increase the number of prison places

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

What does it say about the UK’s pro-Europeans that they hide their message behind a bin?

Voters disillusioned by Brexit should have more options than Nigel Farage or the novelty candidate Count Binface, says journalist and economics commentator Simon Nixon

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

First independence poll of Burnham era predicts Scotland would leave UK

SCOTLAND would vote to become independent from the UK if a second referendum were held tomorrow, according to the first poll on the issue of Andy…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 11

The Truth About Ripple's UK Treasury Role, and Why XRP Isn't Moving

Scroll crypto Twitter this week and you'll see it in all caps: the UK Treasury has "crowned" Ripple, "government-level integration" is here, and even Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is supposedly backing XRP.

International Business Times · Aug 11

Government ‘spitting in faces of police’ by failing to halt release of PC Harper’s killers, says ex-colleague

‘Andy did his duty that night. The least they can do is show him some respect’, says a first responder at fatal scene – as No 10 claims it can’t keep killers behind bars

The Independent UK · Aug 10

Burnham asks justice secretary to find way to keep PC Andrew Harper’s killers in jail

Angela Rayner says new justice secretary has until September to develop plan to keep most serious offenders behind bars as Burnham backtracks on claim he cannot secure targeted exemption for two men who killed police officer

The Independent UK · Aug 10

‘Solution identified’ to prevent early release of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers

Pc Harper was fatally injured in Berkshire in 2019.

Evening Standard · Aug 10

Responder to Pc Harper killing accuses Government of ‘spitting in police’s face’

Former officer Chris Bushnell said the news about the sentencing had brought back the trauma of that night in August 2019.

Evening Standard · Aug 10