The general election will break the law unless the ban on prisoners voting is lifted, a pressure group has warned.

Barred From Voting, which includes prison governors, penal reformers, politicians and church leaders, says new legislation is needed immediately.

In December, the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers said the ban meant the election risked breaching the European human rights convention.

The Ministry of Justice said the issue remained under "careful consideration".

The Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe expressed "serious concern" that there was a "significant risk" the election might fail to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights.

BBC News - Prisoner vote ban 'means election could break law'