Andy Burnham is 'increasingly confident' the killers of PC Andrew Harper will not be released early, but an open letter has demanded drastic changes and stronger protections

The Prime Minister is said to have been examining whether to exempt people who kill emergency service personnel from a controversial scheme to free up space in massively…

Downing Street said it was 'not possible' to exempt 'one or two offenders' convicted of manslaughter amid an outcry at the possibility of Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers being freed.