Newscast – The Week: Mistaken Prisoner Releases and Tax Rises Are Coming?
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Why is the justice system collapsing today after two more prisoners were mistakenly released from prison, and who is responsible? Justice Secretary David Lammy is under increasing pressure after details emerged that two more prisoners were wrongly released. Why didn’t Mr Lammy explain the situation when speaking during the PMQs? So what went wrong? Plus, after a week where it has become increasingly clear that further tax rises are expected in the budget, what is the Chancellor’s plan? Adam and Chris are joined by Helen Miller, head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and Luke Tryl from More in Common. You can now listen to the News Broadcast on your smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say “Ask BBC Sounds to play the News Broadcast”. Works on most smart speakers. You can join our online Newscast community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Contact Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes are published every day. If you’re in the UK, listen to BBC Sounds for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd The News feed gives you daily analysis of the latest political news from the BBC. The host was Adam Fleming. Produced by Jack Maclaren with Shiler Mahmoudi. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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