Labour accused of 'completely mishandling' early release scheme with Andy Burnham now 'paying the price'

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Andy Burnham has launched a new effort to block the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers by asking his Justice Secretary to draw up plans to prevent their freedom.

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The Prime Minister, despite admitting defeat over the matter earlier today, is said to be "increasingly confident" that a "solution" can worked out.Downing Street has admitted it was "not possible" to exempt "one or two offenders" convicted of manslaughter from the early release scheme earlier today.However, a senior Government source told GB News this evening that the Prime Minister has been "holding daily calls on this for the past week how to resolve" the issue.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were jailed for 13 years each for killing PC Andrew Harper in 2019, in are among the prisoners who are set to be set free early as new Government plans come into play, releasing 5,000 criminals prematurely over a 10-month period.The plans were put forward as a way of tackling overcrowding...

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The Labour Government has been lambasted for "completely mishandling" the creation and execution of their early release prison scheme.Speaking to GB News, police and crime commentator Danny Shaw argued Prime Minister Andy Burnham is now "paying the price" for "inheriting the mess" that is the legislation.Taking aim at ex-Justice Secretary David Lammy, Mr Shaw said: "I think the Government has completely mishandled this, and by Government I mean David Lammy when he was Justice Secretary."You can't blame Andy Burnham, he's inherited this mess.

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They completely mishandled the way they devised the early release scheme." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mr Shaw argued there should have been clear exclusions for dangerous criminals from the scheme "from the start".He told GB News: "They should have, at the beginning, had a starting point to say that violent criminals and sex offenders would not benefit from early release, which means that perhaps more non-violent offenders would be released...

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