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A delegation of senior Home Office officials were sent to Copenhagen last month to learn about their interventions and draw lessons that could be applied to the UK, it is understood

The Home Secretary sent officials to the country last month to study the policies, which are seen as some of the toughest in Europe.

More than 6,400 potential victims were referred to the Home Office in the three months to September, up by more than a third in a year.

Man who returned to UK last month after being sent back to France in September is flown back again

‘In a moment of crisis, Sam did not hesitate as he stepped forward to protect those around him’ - LNER statement

Questions mount for officers as Anthony Williams, 32, appears in court on charges of attempted murder

Jeremy Corbyn urged the Home Secretary to make the move in the Commons.

It is the most serious offence alleged to have been committed by someone released under the scheme, which was implemented to cut prison overcrowding.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had previously been imprisoned for knife offences and was released due to prison overcrowding

A convicted sex offender has been deported from Britain to Ethiopia after being accidentally released from prison. Following a national manhunt, home secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed that Hadush Kebatu – an asylum seeker who came to the UK without authorisation on a small boat – would be returned to his…

The prisoner early release scheme was launched as an emergency measure last September