UK Prime Minister Burnham Reverses Early Prison Release Scheme for Serious Offenders

Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted - but at what cost?

The prime minister says he will keep hundreds more criminals behind bars but doing so requires complex changes.

UK’s Burnham Blocks More Criminals From Sentencing Changes

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham blocked more criminals from benefiting from upcoming changes to prison sentences as he ordered more serious offenders to be kept behind bars for longer.

By Shamim Adam

Burnham tightens prisoner release scheme and insists he is ‘tough on crime’

Prime minister had faced criticism over moves to avert overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales

How has early prison release scheme been tightened after backlash?

Offences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisis Grooming gang perpetrators and killers including those responsible for PC Andrew Harper’s death will be blocked from early prison release under changes announced by Andy Burnham after a backlash over the scope of the scheme. Here is a primer on how the crisis unfolded and what the upshot of Burnham’s decision could be. Continue reading...

By Jamie Grierson

Andy Burnham’s visit brought no Stormont breakthrough. Will the Executive survive?

After recent talk of another future collapse at Stormont, the two leading parties failed to achieve on the one objective they currently agree on – getting more money from Westminster.