Overview
- On Sunday the prime minister said anyone convicted of unlawful killing, including all forms of manslaughter, will be excluded from the government’s expanded early‑release plan.
- The government also added indecent assault, death by dangerous driving, historic child‑sex offences and grooming‑gang convictions to the list of exemptions.
- Ministers say the wider exemptions will keep “hundreds” more people in custody while Justice Secretary Alex Norris prepares secondary legislation and an implementation plan when Parliament returns.
- To offset the extra prisoners the government plans faster deportations of foreign offenders and targeted changes to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) cases, a move critics say could raise public‑safety risks because many IPP detainees have been repeatedly judged high risk.
- Bereaved families and police leaders who campaigned for the change have welcomed the U‑turn while legal experts warn that manslaughter’s varied categories make narrow carve‑outs complex and liable to challenge.