Henry Zeffman

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1,893 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 13 Sep

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Newscast · What’s Piling Up On Andy Burnham’s Desk? · 13 Aug 2026 podcast

But we do not know yet whether Alex Norris, the new Justice Secretary, who, by the way, was perhaps the most matched

um perhaps had the biggest leap in seniority in Andy Burnham's initial batch of cabinet appointments. matched

A lot of people won't have heard of him before. matched

He was quite a significant minister, but a minister below cabinet rank at the Home Office, and then suddenly as the sort of fifth or sixth most senior cabinet minister. matched

So a real vote of faith in him from Andy Burnham. matched

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Perhaps some might argue a bit of a political hospital pass from Andy Burnham just a few days ago when he said, I believe as Alex Norris was heading off for a summer holiday, having uh matched

drawn a line as Andy Burnham seemed to have wanted him to last week and been the front the matched

So it is going to be fascinating to see whether you might end up matched

Perhaps this is a bit unlikely, but you might end up with an Act of Parliament, the sort of PC Andrew Harper Act, which just specifically says because Parliament can do what it likes. matched

I mean that's our constitution. matched

So you could have a vo a a a literal law just to stop these two people being released. matched

Seems more likely that you'll end up with them drawing a new distinction, perhaps all manslaughter cases, but most people think there isn't space in prison for them to keep all the manslaughter cases in. matched

uh for beyond the certain point of their sentence. matched

So it is gonna be really fascinating to see where it ends up. matched

Yeah, and it is just interesting to think back not even a month to when David Lamy was still the Justice Secretary and he was responsible for this piece of legislation, the Sentencing Act, whose implementation has been delayed by a month now by Andy Burnham, never mind these tweaks. matched

He was saying there is literally no other option, because there were concerns raised by some Labour MPs, not matched

it wasn't a massive thing like it is now, but there were some concerns and of course criticism from opposition parties as well. matched

And he was saying there is literally no other option than to do exactly this. matched

Otherwise prisons will hit capacity or exceed capacity. matched

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