PC Andrew Harper’s killers will be excluded from the early release scheme after Prime Minister Andy Burnham said anyone convicted of unlawful killing would be exempt.

Mr Burnham said “hundreds” of people will remain in prison as part of changes to the scheme designed to ease prison overcrowding.

Grooming gang perpetrators and prisoners convicted of historic child sex offences will also be blocked from early release after concerns were raised about a potential loophole in the system.

Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were handed a 13-year prison sentence for the manslaughter of the 28-year-old in 2020 after the police officer was dragged for more than a mile behind their car after responding to reports of a quad bike theft in 2019.

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‘It is only right we should acknowledge the great suffering and injustices of the past.’

King Charles admits the impact of slavery on his Caribbean tour.

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Tents have been handed out to early release prisoners despite Andy Burnham’s vow to end rough sleeping in the UK since taking office.

During his first speech as Prime Minister, Mr Burnham vowed to slash numbers sleeping on the streets across Britain as a marquee objective of his premiership.

However, he has also ploughed on with Labour’s controversial early release scheme – which has seen around 1,350 prisoners freed this month after serving as little as a third of their sentence.

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Kemi Badenoch has repeated her calls for a ban on social media for children, and says she has personal experience of the harm …

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