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Today, after two more prisoners were mistakenly released, why is the justice system failing and who is to blame? Justice Secretary David Lammy is under increasing pressure after details emerged that two more prisoners were mistakenly released. Why didn’t Mr Lammy explain the situation when he spoke during PMQs? And what has gone wrong? Furthermore, after a week in which it has become increasingly clear that more tax rises are expected in the Budget, what is the Chancellor’s plan? Adam and Chris are joined by Institute for Fiscal Studies Director Helen Miller and Luke Tryl from More in Common. Now you can listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, simply say “Ask BBC Sounds to play the news”. Works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online 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 released every day. If you’re in the UK, for more BBC news and current affairs podcasts, listen to them on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest BBC political news. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was performed 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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