Analysis: Prisoner release row is Burnham's first big test as PM
Crucially too, they are some of the first difficult choices Burnham has had to make in office.The issue long predates his arrival in Downing Street. In 2023, with space in jails on the verge of running out, the last Conservative government started releasing prisoners 18 days early. "Despite our warnings in Parliament, they initially planned to release rapists and dangerous criminals.
- ▪Crucially too, they are some of the first difficult choices Burnham has had to make in office.The issue long predates his arrival in Downing Street.
- ▪In 2023, with space in jails on the verge of running out, the last Conservative government started releasing prisoners 18 days early.
- ▪"Despite our warnings in Parliament, they initially planned to release rapists and dangerous criminals.
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Analysis: Prisoner release row is Burnham's first big test as PMImage source, ReutersByDamian GrammaticasPolitical correspondentPublished2 minutes agoThree weeks into his premiership, Andy Burnham has "hit bumps in the road" in the estimation of one long-serving Labour MP with the row over the early release of some prisoners from jail.His political opponents are already sharpening their attacks, believing they have found an issue with which to discomfit a new prime minister early in his time in office who had, until now, displayed a pretty deft political touch.Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: "This the most important decision Andy Burnham has made since he became prime minister and he's got it wrong."For Labour MPs, however, this week has shown Burnham is prepared to…
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