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 been urged to repurpose at least one women's prison into a male-only jail in a bid to ease the overcrowding crisis after Labour's early release scheme was paused.

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…