Andy Burnham says ‘hundreds’ of people will remain in prison as part of changes to scheme designed to ease overcrowding

Criminals convicted of a certain type of manslaughter will no longer be eligible for early release - including Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, two of the men who killed PC Harper…

PC Andrew Harper’s killers will remain in jail and be excluded from the early release scheme as Andy Burnham confirms anyone convicted of unlawful killing would be exempt