The Prime Minister has been forced to keep hundreds more people behind bars who would otherwise be eligible for release to ensure Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole are not let out.

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