Burnham to review prison early release scheme amid PC Andrew Harper family concerns

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PM says he wants to make sure ‘everything has been looked at’ after backlash from victims’ organisations

Plans to release killers, rapists and sex offenders early from jail in September are to be reviewed, Andy Burnham has said, following a backlash from bereaved families and victims’ organisations.

The prime minister said he wanted to make sure that “everything has been looked at again” before a fresh tranche of about 6,000 offenders were freed on tags into the community.

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