Burnham Announces Changes To Prisoner Release Scheme

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Aug 30, 202616:27News & Politics

Andy Burnham has pledged to keep hundreds more criminals behind bars as part of changes to the government's early release scheme. Anyone convicted of unlawful killing will now be excluded, including two men jailed for th...

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