Probation chief says he’s ‘not fully confident’ service will cope with early prisoner releases – UK politics live
The chief inspector of probation for England and Wales, Martin Jones, expressed doubts about the system's ability to handle the upcoming early release of prisoners. Police leaders have urged Home Secretary Andy Burnham to prevent the release of those convicted of killing PC Andrew Harper. Burnham is also chairing a Cobra emergency meeting to address the extreme heatwave affecting the UK.
- ▪Martin Jones said he is not fully confident the probation service can cope with the massive workload from the early release scheme slated for autumn.
- ▪Fifty police leaders, including all chief constables in England and Wales, signed a letter urging Burnham to stop the release of PC Harper's killers.
- ▪The probation service is managing 258,000 cases, nearly three times the number of inmates in prisons, increasing pressure on the system.
- ▪Andy Burnham is chairing a Cobra emergency committee meeting to discuss the heatwave and climate crisis.
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8m ago04.07 EDTGood morning. Andy Burnham is chairing a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee this afternoon to discuss the heatwave and the climate crisis.Andy Burnham to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid extreme heatRead moreAbout time too, some people will say. One of them is Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, who has been calling for this and who posted this on social media in response. double quotation markGood. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science.
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