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What is Burnham doing to theearly prison release scheme and why?

Offences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisis

This story summarizes reporting from The Guardian. Read the original for full context. Wire items stay in our news sitemap for seven days. Editorial policy.

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Jamie Grierson1 Sept 2026, 05:05 pmUpdated 19h ago1 min readEuropeUnited Kingdom
What is Burnham doing to the early prison release scheme and why?

United KingdomJamie Grierson

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.

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.

This report is published with credit to The Guardian. The wire sent a summary; open the original for any extra context. Read on The Guardian

Source: The Guardian · Jamie Grierson. Published 1 Sept 2026, 05:05 pm.

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