Probation chief wary of early release impact

Andy Burnham is set to chair a Cobra emergency committee meeting to address the ongoing heatwave and climate crisis. The meeting follows calls from Green Party leader Zack Polanski for urgent action, including taxing fossil fuel companies and halting new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. Meanwhile, Burnham is also dealing with the prisons crisis, amid pressure from police leaders to prevent the early release of killers of PC Andrew Harper and concerns about the probation service’s capacity to manage increased releases.

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