The Week: Mistaken Prisoner Releases and Tax Rises Are Coming?
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4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Today, after another two prisoners were mistakenly released from prison - why is the justice system failing and who is to blame?
Justice Secretary David Lammy is under increasing pressure after details have emerged that two more prisoners have been wrongly released. Why didn’t Mr Lammy explain the situation when he was speaking during PMQs? And what has gone wrong?
Plus, after a week where it has become increasingly clear more tax rises are expected at the budget - what is the chancellor’s plan?
Adam and Chris are joined by the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Helen Miller and Luke Tryl from More in Common.
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| 1:39.5 | what we learned. Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. I was the tappletail in the class. Can I have an apology, please? I trust almost nobody. Then daddy has to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow. I feel delulu with no solulu. Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. And it's Chris in the studio. |
| 2:03.6 | And joining us this week, Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Hello. |
| 2:08.0 | Hello. I did nearly say Helen Mirren. Yeah. And Luke Trill from More In Common. Hello, Luke. |
| 2:13.3 | Oh, great to be here. Now, do we call More in common a polling outfit, or are you also campaigners for things? |
| 2:20.4 | We're not campaigners. |
| 2:21.8 | We do polling, but we also do kind of think tank reports as well. |
| 2:25.8 | Well, Chris, the research we've been doing this week is what has been going on with prisons. |
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