Newscast – Andy Burnham stopped his early release from prison

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Today, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that no prisoners would be released unless an ‘urgent review’ was carried out. The announcement came after PC Andrew Harper’s widow described the possible early release of the prisoners as ‘tragic’, following reports that two of the killers could be released early. Adam is joined by Dominic Cassiani, Home and Law Correspondent, to discuss what this means for the prison system. Also, in his third policy announcement in as many days, Andy Burnham announced a 20% reduction in business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues in England from April. Institute for Fiscal Studies Director Helen Miller and BBC Business Editor Simon Jack join Adam to discuss how the government plans to fund these cuts and how the ever-changing taxes will affect business owners. Now you can listen to Newscast on smart speaker. If you want to listen, say “Ask BBC Voice to play a news broadcast”. Works on most modern speakers. Join our Newscast online community here https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes are released daily. If you’re in the UK, for more BBC news and current affairs podcasts, listen to BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the BBC’s current political news. The presenter was Adam Fleming. Produced by Jack McLaren with Rosie Merotra. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Phil Bull. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The news editor is Sam Bonham.

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