It's been paused - but now the Conservatives want Andy Burnham to officially scrap the early release of hundreds of prisoners to ease overcrowding.

Andy Burnham has a problem. Desperate to ensure that his government isn’t defined by releasing killers and sex offenders early, he’s ‘paused’ the planned early releases which are…

‘Without emergency legislation, dangerous violent and sexual offenders will be released at the start of September’, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said