Andy Burnham is under mounting pressure to stop the early prison release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers after more than 645,000 people signed a petition calling for him to do so.

Just over a week ago Andy Burnham came under attack over the impending early releases from prison. His critics included the widow of Andrew Harper, a policeman killed on duty in…

Around 1,000 rapists and child sex offenders will remain exempt from Labour’s early prison release scheme - but why couldn’t Andy Burnham go further? Alex Ross explores the crisis…