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Burnham bows to pressure and blocks PC Harper's killers Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole from early prison release

PC Andrew Harper, the murdered officer at the centre of the case, had his mother Debbie Adlam say a call from Burnham's deputy chief of staff had given her hope.
PC Andrew Harper, the murdered officer at the centre of the case, had his mother Debbie Adlam say a call from Burnham's deputy chief of staff had given her hope.
Kemi Badenoch is reportedly reluctant to lose James Cleverly from her shadow cabinet, though she is expected to back his move to pursue the Conservative candidacy for the 2028 London mayoral election.
Kemi Badenoch is reportedly reluctant to lose James Cleverly from her shadow cabinet, though she is expected to back his move to pursue the Conservative candidacy for the 2028 London mayoral election.

Debbie Adlam, PC Harper's mother, described herself as 'grateful' but cautioned that the family is "only back at where we were to start with" after several traumatic months of campaigning. Burnham announced that anyone whose conviction falls under unlawful killing — encompassing every variety of manslaughter and death by dangerous driving — will be excluded from the scheme. The changes also address a loophole that had protected grooming gang perpetrators and those imprisoned for historic indecent assault, keeping "hundreds" more offenders in custody. Additional prison capacity is to come from the deportation of foreign offenders and the abolition of controversial indefinite sentences that were scrapped in 2012.

MoreEvening StandardGrooming gang members and killers including Pc Harper’s to be kept behind barsThe GuardianHow has early prison release scheme been tightened after backlash?LBCPC Harper’s killers to remain in prisonThe IndependentPc Harper’s killers will not be released early from jail, Burnham announcesMetroPC Harper's killers will stay in prison thanks to early release scheme changesMetroPC Harper's killers won't be freed after early release scheme changesGB NewsPC Harper's killers will stay behind bars Andy Burnham announces changes to Labour's early release schemeBBC News - UKBurnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted - but at what cost?The TelegraphPc Harper’s killers blocked from early release after backlashDaily Mail NewsPC Andrew Harper's killers will be kept in prison as Andy Burnham bows to pressure to exclude 'hundreds' of killers and historical child sex offenders from early release schemeThe SunTwo of PC Andrew Harper’s killers will NOT be freed after change to Early Release SchemeThe GuardianPC Andrew Harper’s killers will remain in jail as PM makes changes to early release scheme
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