SHADOW justice secretary Richard Burgon blasted the Tories for a “cuts-created crisis” in Britain’s prisons yesterday as Justice Secretary Liz Truss tried to respond to spiralling levels of violence in the system.

Ms Truss announced plans yesterday to recruit 2,500 extra prison officers in “a major overhaul of the system.”

She also announced further details of a £1.3 billion prison building programme, saying “reform simply cannot happen in decrepit jails.”