i think it blurs the distinction between murder and manslaughter. murder requires an intent to kill, or to cause really serious injury. manslaughter can be committed with, well, it normally is committed, without any such intent. i think to remove all discretion from judges in cases of manslaughter of emergency workers would be quite wrong. lissie harper says emergency workers deserve special protection because they go into the depths of danger on behalf of society. ministers are planning for harper s law to come into force next year. june kelly, bbc news. sir keir starmer has accused the prime minister of breaking promises about the social care system, accusing borisjohnson of devising a working class dementia tax . the prime minister defended the changes, saying the government was fixing the system labour hadn t. speaking at prime minister s questions, the labour leader also brought up borisjohnson s performance at this week s cbi conference.
home office had hoped they would be able to draw a line under, but it is farfrom that able to draw a line under, but it is far from that now. anyone convicted of killing an on duty member of the emergency services while committing a crime in england and wales will automatically receive a life sentence, under government plans. the proposed change in the law follows a campaign by the widow of pc andrew harper, who died trying to stop a burglary in berkshire in 2019. his teenage killers were convicted of manslaughter. lissie harper has spoken of her relief at the changes. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. lissie harper s campaign has taken her to the heart of government. today she was back in london to meet thejustice secretary, dominic raab. the call by pc harper s family for a new law has been supported by the police federation of england and wales. just four weeks after his wedding in 2019, pc andrew harper was killed.
yet. his teenage killers were convicted of manslaughter. lissie harper has spoken of her relief at the changes. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. lissie harper s campaign has taken her to the heart of government, and on this significant day, she was in downing street for a meeting with the prime minister. the call by pc harper s family for a new law has been supported by the police federation of england and wales, which represents rank and file officers. lissie harper said the campaign had also won a lot of public backing and was born out of a sense of injustice. i think it sends a message to those who lead those sorts of lives, who commit crimes, who have no remorse for taking innocent people s lives away. and it will tell them that we won t stand for this. it was just four weeks after his wedding in 2019 that pc
his teenage killers were convicted of manslaughter. the national police chiefs council is among those who ve welcomed the proposals, as our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. lissie harper s campaign has taken her to the heart of government. today she was back in london to meet the justice secretary, today she was back in london to meet thejustice secretary, dominic raab. the call by pc harper s family for a new law has been supported by the police federation of england and wales. just four weeks after his wedding in 2019, pc andrew harper was killed. ministers have now announced there will be a mandatory life sentence for anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker while committing a crime. we think as we come through this pandemic and we build back stronger, fairer, in all sorts of ways, we should increase the sentences for those attacks and murders, or unlawful killings, i should say, of emergency workers. and we want them to know that we ve got their back.
because they go into the depths of danger on behalf of society. ministers are planning for harper s law to come into force next year. june kelly, bbc news. police are questioning two men on suspicion of murder, following the death of an 18 year old woman from plymouth. officers searching for bobbi anne mcleod say they found a woman s body six miles from the city centre yesterday. she had been reported missing after failing to meet friends on saturday. andrew plant is in plymouth. just 300 metres, that is how far bobbi anne mcleod had walked from herfamily home on bobbi anne mcleod had walked from her family home on saturday night to get to this bus stop. then she completely vanished. the huge search to find her ended like yesterday evening and police said they had found a body. bobbi anne mcleod had left home for a night out in plymouth.