Andy Burnham blocks cuts to sentences for grooming gang rapists as PM vows: 'Public safety is my top priority!'
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Andy Burnham blocks cuts to sentences for grooming gang rapists as PM vows: 'Public safety is my top priority!'.
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Andy Burnham has blocked grooming gang rapists from upcoming changes to prison sentences as part of a push to protect the public from dangerous criminals.
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Mr Burnham, who GB News understands was stopped from going further amid fears of the prison system collapsing, also announced rapists will face tougher community supervision and a new GPS monitoring system.
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The changes mean rape and child sexual offences will be added to the exclusions that were already in place for 18,000 offenders, including those who have been found by a court to be the most dangerous or anyone serving a life sentence.However, the Prime Minister has come under fire after it was revealed the main perpetrator of the 2018 killing of police officer Andrew Harper "will not be subject to any early release".
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The Prime Minister said: "Keeping the public safe is my top priority....
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