Prisoners will still be released 70 days early, Sir Keir Starmer admits, after minister says 2 in 3 shouldn’t be in jail

PRISONERS will still be freed early under a Labour government, Sir Keir Starmer admitted yesterday.

The prime minister conceded controversial rules letting lags out up to 70 days before their release date would stay.

PAPrisoners will continue to be let out early because the system is a ‘mess’, Sir Keir said[/caption] ReutersSir Keir this afternoon held his first press conference[/caption]

And he refused to distance himself from his prisons minister’s claim that two in three inmates shouldn’t even be in jail.