the justice secretary, shabana mahmood warned that the government will run out of prison places againency release, even with allowing for the number of records that have to take place, we are still going to run out of prison places. again, we have bought ourselves some time in order to think about some longer term solutions to this crisis, but make no mistake about it, whilst we have some more headroom in our prison system, the situation is still very difficult and that's why we have to come forward with more longer term proposals to try and get that situation back into balance. let's take a quick look at the numbers. as it stands, for every 100 people released in the first quarter of this year, 56 were recalled. so around half of people released from prison are recalled in time. recalls account for 14% of the prison population — so it's a significant contributor to the overcrowding. let's speak to former chief inspector of prisons, nick hardwick. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. we saw those comments from the justice news. we saw those comments from thejustice secretary saying pr

it is being reported in some quarters, angela rayner the deputy prime minister, shabana abboud, thejusticector, have sent letters, and no one has denied that which is addictive. that doesn't necessarily be that these cabinet ministers do not understand the pressures that rachel reeves is under. we have two weeks until we find out what is in the budget but the measures were probably settled last night, that is when the cupboard will have said of its final plans to the office of baggage —— the government will have sent its final plans to the office for budget responsibility. in the spring there will be negotiations for the spending plans for three years after this year. even once this barely brought negotiation is done, the government will have to start this negotiation once again sooner. thank ou. women between the ages of 50 and 70 are being urged to attend their breast—screening appointments after it has emerged more than a third did not take up the offer last year. more than two million eligible women have not been screened

the justice secretary, shabana mahmood, warned that the government will run out of prison places again the measures. even with emergency release, even with allowing for the number of records that have to take place, we are still going to run out of prison places. again, we have bought ourselves some time in order to think about some longer term solutions to this crisis, but make no mistake about it, whilst we have some more headroom in our prison system, the situation is still very difficult and that's why we have to come forward with more longer term proposals to try and get that situation back into balance. nick hardwick is the former chief inspector of prisons. i spoke to him earlier and began by asking, will prisons definitely run out of space? i think it is definite. if no more action is taken, the basic arithmetic is clear. we are admitting more people than we are releasing, and if we keep doing that then you run out of space and you can't build prison places as quickly as the population is increasing. so there is no doubt about it, the system will run out of space, for a fact, i

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so nandy, backed by shabana mahmood , the justice shabana mahmood, the justice secretary, is expectede £169.50 annual fee for a bbc tv licence should no longer be a criminal offence, and now , effectively, offence, and now, effectively, the bbc are worried that this is going to cost them a lot of money because people knowing that it's no longer a criminal offence are going to be emboldened, shall we say, to accept they can be fined, escalating fights like parking tickets that escalates and then the bailiffs get you have to pay parking tickets. well, let's see what someone like when you get home. yeah. is this inevitable, adam? and arguably also, is this the right thing to do? >> i mean, i'm going to go out on a limb and say, i, i like the fact that we have a government sort of funded or we have a british institution on the bbc. i don't like the way the bbc is going at the moment, but i do think it's important. it does separate us from the from the rest of the world. and i think some of our radio stations of the bbc are particularly good. i do i'm not going to have you on adam. you've

shabana mahmood , the justice shabana mahmood, the justice secretary for this meeting at 930, the newe chief of staff. these are names which will mean very little to viewers and listeners. but what this shows is , is a huge issue and shows is, is a huge issue and concern about how this government is being run as it approaches its 100th 100 day anniversary next week. a poll out just dropping in the past houn out just dropping in the past hour, eamonn and isabel gave the labour party a one point lead over the tory party at 29 points. the tory party, on 28 points, reform up one point at 19 points. don't forget we all thought there would be an election next month. not back in july. so how politics, politics can change this huge majority given to this government by voters? all the good will of that has been squandered. people like alastair campbell blame the delay in having a budget. that's a 16 week delay between the polling day on the 4th of july and budget day on october, the 30th, other governments have had a budget in half that time. we know why it happened because they want the obr,

shabana mahmood, in one of her first acts as justice secretary, is said to have ordered a complete auditt's all going to be sorted out by the end of the year. i'm a little bit sceptical about that . and so sceptical about that. and so these people from the criminal bar association are saying this is absolutely ridiculous. how can you possibly not know? they think it might be up to 70,000 cases as a backlog, which is up from just under 33,005 years ago. so it's like more than doubled, but we're not really sure it's just pure chaos. >> i mean, we're putting people in jail for memes. we're releasing hardened criminals in this operation arkham asylum that keir starmer has unleashed. now he doesn't even know the numbers. so it's just it's just sort of anarchy, isn't it, lewis? >> well, who can you blame? i think you can blame the tories for this, but it's the tories are the same as labour. this is one unit party. >> the tories, even the independents blaming labour. yeah. why can't you blame labour? >> yeah. why . because they've >> yeah. why. because they've only been around for a couple of m

here is thejustice secretary, shabana mahmood.hink about how we build confidence in the policing community, about their ability to get on with the job that we all need them to do. but also amongst our communities as well, we need to have a model in this country of policing by consent. that's an incredibly important way in which we, the british people, organise ourselves and keep ourselves safe and it is important that communities can have confidence in that system. but it's also imperative that officers feel like they can do the job that we all ask them to do for us to keep us safe. there was also a vigil held here last night outside the old bailey. around 200 campaign is coming out in solidarity for chris kaba's death, saying they felt they haven't got justice and said that they felt the system had failed them. this has really brought about more about police accountability, particularly from members of the black community.— over 1,000 more prisoners in england and wales are being released early today, as part of a government bid

is that the correct way you pronounce it, i think, shabana. >> i believe it's mahmood. >> i believe it's mahmood. >> mahmood. okay. the justice secretary has said that the whole situation is the greatest disgrace of the last conservative government, which i thought was supposed to be the 22 billion black hole. but apparently this is. >> there are so many disgraces to choose from, weren't they? >> yes. >> yes. >> they just keep fighting to make it into the top five new disgraces. >> and they've put david gauke, who's the former tory justice secretary, in charge of the sentencing review, which i suppose was a good move from them. they can sort of make it sort of like the tories are involved and so on, which makes a lot of sense to me. and they're looking at what they can do. liberalising, liberalisation of sentencing laws because the prisons are so full, they might look at everyone in the country has to take in a violent offender. i've just made that up . offender. i've just made that up. that wasn't actually true. don't panic. >> you basically first you heard it here first. what about thi

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however, the justice secretary, shabana mahmood, says the emergency measures only buys the government some time . well, that government some time. well, that comes as the government is also launching a review of prison sentencing. considering tougher punishments outside of jails. it's being led by the former justice secretary, david gauke, and is expected to explore using technology like sobriety tags and nudge apps to monitor offenders. the results are expected by spring of next year . expected by spring of next year. the chancellor says the government is united on its spending plans ahead of budget day on the 30th of october. despite weeks of tough negotiations with ministers and some concerns about the £40 billion of potential tax hikes and spending cuts, rachel reeves insists final deals have been struck. she claims the budget will be honest about the public's finances, while protecting the nhs and living standards. but with some ministers still worried about those cuts, it's clear that tensions remain as labour promises there will be no return to austerity. government borrowing h

all of this was explained in the house of commons by shabana mahmood, the justice secretary. >> the crisisn our prisons was i believe, the greatest disgrace of the last conservative government. they left our prisons on the point of collapse , prisons on the point of collapse, a situation that would have forced us to close the prison doors, cancel all trials and force the police to halt their arrests. crime would have gone unpunished . victims would never unpunished. victims would never have seen justice done, and we would have witnessed the total breakdown of law and order. the former prime minister knew he had to act. his lord chancellor begged him to do so, but instead he called an election . he called an election. >> well, there you go. it's all the fault of the other lot. and we did, of course, once again see some celebratory scenes from around the country. i can show you here some pictures of what was happening on the isle of sheppey in kent. and you know , sheppey in kent. and you know, it's the sort of thumbs up and everybody's incredibly happy that particular image we have taken, w

a few months ago, and labour's justice minister shabana mahmood was questioned about that earlier today that issue has now been rectified. that won't happen again. all 37 of those men were returned to custody and their victims are now being kept up to date. one of those, i think nobody, you know, could i could not have imagined that there would be people in our system charged and sentenced against an older act of parliament, and not the newer law that had come in in 2020. so i think that that is actually a unique set of circumstances. >> oh yeah . unforeseen >> oh yeah. unforeseen circumstances. maybe it's actually because they can't keep track of everyone because earlier today our reporter sophie reaper was outside hmp kirkham and she saw a bloke hop a barbed wire fence and get away in a black car that was waiting outside. >> earlier when we were reporting, we saw a man appear on top of this fence, which you can see in the distance, which is topped with barbed wire. he jumped down to where a black vehicle was waiting for him with the car door open. he hopped in the car door open. he ho

however, justice secretary shabana mahmood says the emergency measures will only buy the government some time and that comes as the government is also launching a review of prison sentencing today , prison sentencing today, considering tougher punishments outside of jails. it's being led by the former justice secretary, david gauke, and is expected to explore using technology like sobriety tags and nudge apps to monitor offenders. the results from that review are expected by the spring of next year. from that review are expected by the spring of next year . we've the spring of next year. we've heard this morning that water companies in england and wales want to raise their bills, even higher than they had first requested, southern water is seeking an 84% hike, while thames water, the uk's biggest provider, wants to raise its bills by 4,053% by by 2030. only wessex water isn't pushing for more than what was asked for in july. off . what's interim july. off. what's interim decision had allowed for a 21% rise, with the final ruling expected in december . government expected in december. gov

the justice secretary, shabana mahmood, says the emergency measures had to be implemented because ofhe previous government's failures. >> the crisis in our prisons was, i believe, the greatest disgrace of the last conservative government. they left our prisons on the point of collapse, a situation that would have forced us to close the prison doors, cancel all trials and force the police to halt their arrests. crime would have gone unpunished. victims would never have seen justice done , never have seen justice done, and we would have witnessed the total breakdown of law and order. the former prime minister knew he had to act. his lord chancellor begged him to do so, but instead he called an election. >> in other news, government borrowing has surged to its highest level since the pandemic, driven by public sector pay rises and rising interest rates on debt . interest rates on debt. borrowing. last month hit £16.6 billion, the third highest september on record, despite a rise in tax revenue. the office for national statistics says the gap between what the government took in and spent