Labour Under Fire Over Early Release of Serious Offenders
9th July 2026
Britain’s Labour government is under pressure to pause its new prisons’ early release scheme. On Tuesday night, July 7th, Labour MPs in parliament abstained on a vote drafted to prevent the release of child sex offenders—including grooming gang members, paedophiles, and rapists—before the end of their sentences.
Now, the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales and the domestic abuse commissioner have joined forces to call on the government to pause its new early release scheme.