Prison Crisis, Budget Warning Signs, and a Battle for London: Burnham's Reckoning Week

Andy Burnham announced this morning that anyone convicted of unlawful killing — including all forms of manslaughter — will be excluded from the government's controversial early release scheme. The move means PC Andrew Harper's killers, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, will remain behind bars despite previously being eligible for release halfway through their 13-year sentences. "Nobody would want a position to arise where...