Posted by The Guardian | Aug 11, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner, Gambling, Planning policy, Police, Politics, Prisons and probation, Retail industry, Sentencing, The Guardian, UK criminal justice, UK news, Vaping |
The prime minister says other work to reduce prisoner numbers could allow for more space for serious offendersAndy Burnham did not want to be talking about prisons today. As Aletha Adu and Alexandra Topping report, the PM wants...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 11, 2026 | Alex Norris, Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner, Labour, Law, Police, Politics, Prisons and probation, Society, The Guardian, UK criminal justice, UK news |
Prime minister says he has asked justice secretary to push through measures to increase the number of prison placesAndy Burnham has said he is increasingly confident he can adapt the early release scheme for prisoners to exclude...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 11, 2026 | Andy Burnham, England, Homelessness, Housing, Labour, Politics, Prisons and probation, Society, The Guardian, UK news, Wales |
Analysis finds nearly one in six people leaving jail last year in England and Wales were released into homelessnessAndy Burnham’s pledge to end rough sleeping is under threat from a failure to find accommodation for a growing...
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Burnham has asked the justice secretary Alex Norris to come to parliament in September with solution Good morning. Andy Burnham has been prime minister for three weeks and one day, and arguably he is performing his first U-turn....
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 11, 2026 | Alex Norris, Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner, Labour, Law, Politics, Prisons and probation, Society, The Guardian, UK criminal justice, UK news |
Andy Burnham said to be ‘determined’ to work out solution after increasing pressure from family and policeAndy Burnham has told the justice secretary to find a way to exclude PC Andrew Harper’s killers from the early release...
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