Rayner says Burnham won’t accept ‘system says no’ advice over prisoner release scheme – UK politics live

Guardian World•Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 08:49 AM•2 min read

Burnham has asked the justice secretary Alex Norris to come to parliament in September with solution Aileen O’Connor , chair of the Police Federation in Thames Valley, where PC Andrew Harper was an officer, has welcomed the news that Andy Burnham has ordered another rethink on the prisoner early ...

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