PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme

30-08-2026 10:59 via bbc.co.uk

PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme

Andy Burnham tells BBC Breakfast anyone convicted of manslaughter will be excluded from the early release scheme in the Sentencing Act.

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