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Scrapping early release for sex offenders could leave no capacity in jails, says David Lammy

Politics The Guardian By Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor 12 Jul 2026 17:00 1 min read
Scrapping early release for sex offenders could leave no capacity in jails, says David Lammy

Exclusive: Deputy PM says opponents have ‘no solutions’ to possible collapse of justice system in England and Wales Drugs, drones and heat: Amber Rudd and David Lammy begin search for answers to prisons crisis Opponents of plans to release rapists and sex offenders early from prison have “no solutions” to halt the criminal justice system’s possible collapse, David Lammy has said. Under pressure from Labour MPs – including the former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips – to curb the early relea

Exclusive: Deputy PM says opponents have ‘no solutions’ to possible collapse of justice system in England and Wales

Drugs, drones and heat: Amber Rudd and David Lammy begin search for answers to prisons crisis

Opponents of plans to release rapists and sex offenders early from prison have “no solutions” to halt the criminal justice system’s possible collapse, David Lammy has said.

Under pressure from Labour MPs – including the former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips – to curb the early release scheme, the deputy prime minister said failing to implement it could leave no capacity across jails in England and Wales in November.

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