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Is Burnham’s prisoner release flip-flop his first mistake in office?
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10, Andy Burnham is facing his first real test as PM over his handling of the controversial prisoner early-release scheme.
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In place of that, the Home Office is pressing ahead with its aim to build 14,000 more prison places by 2031.
They will “fear that the lasting impression could instead be of a misstep that’s left victims’ families in anguish”.