Mother of PC Harper ‘bitterly disappointed’ that son’s killers remain eligible for early release – UK politics live

Government revises plans to tackle prison overcrowding amid pressure from MPs and victims but domestic abusers and killers could still be released early The Guardian’s political correspondent, Ben Quinn, has written an interesting analysis piece exploring how Rupert Lowe’s olive branch to Nigel Farage has piled more pressure onto the Reform leader. Here is an extract: Lowe’s offer to work together came after Restore finished fourth in the Greater Manchester mayoral election, ahead of the Liberal Democrats and Tories – a relatively impressive feat for an electoral startup only months old. The party also finished third in the Makerfield byelection, the strongest Westminster electoral performance since at least 2010 by a party that has not only endorsed explicitly far-right positions but welcomed far-right activists into its ranks. Continue reading...