Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Andy Burnham’s smooth start as Prime Minister hits its first serious bump. After a string of popular moves, he revises the early prisoner release scheme to block rapists and child sex offenders — but still allows the men who killed PC Andrew Harper to be freed halfway through their sentences. The officer’s widow and mother call it a betrayal, police are outraged, and commentators say this is the moment Burnham gets his first real taste of public unpopularity. We unpack the decision, the family reaction, the overcrowding crisis behind it, and what it signals for his early days in power.

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news.sky.com/story/andy-burnham-blocks-early-prison-release-for-rapists-but-pc-andrew-harpers-widow-slams-betrayal-as-husbands-killers-to-be-freed-early-13569552

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89nxj4d5pqo

theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/04/prisoner-early-release-scheme-burnham-first-taste-unpopularity

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-healey-supermarkets-petrol-pumps-price-gouging-cost-of-living-iran-war-b3025912.html

telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/08/02/supermarkets-hit-back-at-healey-over-price-gouging-claims