Labour is concealing the number of criminals freed early from prison, prompting accusations of a cover-up.
In a new soft justice scandal, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will hide how many prisoners are let out of jail under its controversial new measures.
The scheme, launched at the beginning of this month, is expected to free up to 50,000 prisoners a year.
But unlike Labour’s previous early release scheme – which has let out more than 70,000 offenders so far – the MoJ will not publish figures on how many actually walk free under the new programme, officials have confirmed.
Instead, the number of criminals
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