Burnham Blocks Early Prison Release for Killers Amid Crisis

Andy Burnham excludes grooming gangs and killers from early prison release scheme. Manslaughter offences blocked in resp...

31 Aug 2026

Prison Capacity Crisis: Early Release Scheme Essential to Avoid Overcrowding

Labour minister Bridget Phillipson warns that arrest holding cells could run out without the early prison release scheme...

30 Aug 2026