Day Headlines in Politics News: 2026-08-30
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Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted - but at what cost? (BBC News - Politics 2026-08-30 07:58:31)
The prime minister says he will keep hundreds more criminals behind bars but doing so requires complex changes. -
PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme (BBC News - Politics 2026-08-30 05:50:27)
Andy Burnham tells BBC Breakfast anyone convicted of manslaughter will be excluded from the early release scheme in the Sentencing Act.