Burnham makes major pledge to scrap indefinite jail terms

Andy Burnham says he will bring legislation to end the injustice of IPP sentences this parliament (PA)

The Prime Minister has announced that legislation will be introduced to end indefinite Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail terms by the end of this Parliament.
The Justice Secretary will outline the overhaul to Parliament, which includes creating a cross-party oversight group to carefully manage sentence terminations.
Andy Burnham backed the decision as a common-sense measure to fix long-standing injustices where individuals served far beyond their original tariffs.
IPP sentences were outlawed in 2012 without retrospective effect, leaving almost 2,300 prisoners trapped, including over 800 who have never been released.
Campaigners and reform organisations welcomed the decision as a major victory following years of fighting and a damning United Nations report on arbitrary detention.