Why Have Two Wandsworth Prisoners Been Mistakenly Released?

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Today, news that two prisoners were wrongly freed broke after the Conservatives' James Cartlidge pressed deputy PM David Lammy in the Commons on whether any asylum seekers had been mistakenly released since Hadush Kebatu last month.

Adam and Chris chat to home affairs commentator Danny Shaw on what we know about the release, the individuals involved and the political ramifications.

Then Adam speaks to Sir Charlie Mayfield, lead of the 'Keep Britain Working' review and former Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership to discuss his report into ill-health and employment.

We talk about his plans to get employees, employers and the Government working together to prevent economic inactivity due to people not working for health reasons.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.6	American politics can sometimes feel like a different language.
0:11.1	But our podcast can help you translate.
0:13.3	Make sense of what's happening in the US, with new podcast episodes arriving throughout the week.
0:18.1	AmeriCast, listen on BBC Sounds.
0:21.1	Hello, two John Lewis-related pieces of news the week. AmeriCast. Listen on BBC Sounds. Hello. Two John Lewis-related pieces of news this week.
0:24.9	First of all, their new Christmas advert has dropped.
0:27.0	Always a big moment in the Christmas calendar.
0:29.4	And second of all, their former boss, Charlie Mayfield,
0:32.0	has on Wednesday published a huge report for the government
0:34.6	into a very big problem.
0:36.4	The number of people who are out of
0:38.4	work because they are unwell and the enormous cost to the economy of that. So we will be focusing
0:44.6	on that in the second half of this episode of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. Fat boy sliver
0:50.7	me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. I was the tattle tail in the class.
0:54.4	Can I have an apology, please?
0:55.7	I trust almost nobody.
0:57.4	That daddy has to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow. I feel delulu with no salulu. Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio, and shortly I'll be joined by the former John Lewis boss,
1:13.4	Charlie Mayfield, to talk about the huge number of people who are missing from the workforce
1:17.2	because of ill health. And crucially, what is a nation we have to do about it? But first of all,
1:23.9	it was a very intriguing Prime Minister's questions today at lunchtime in Westminster. It's Wednesday after all. Well, first of all, it was a very intriguing Prime Minister's questions today at lunchtime in Westminster.
1:28.0	It's Wednesday after all.
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