secretsqirrel
spiteful class warrior
They’ve now realised they’re hard to take seriously on early release due to their complete failure to build the previously promised prison places when in Government. Their response is that they will definitely build 50,000 new places if we give them another chance (they’re a different Party these days*) and they’ll all be built with 6-7 years. They’re going to bring in new laws to ensure planning gets sorted and apparently prisons can built in a year. They seem to have forgotten the design part completely and think you just turn up with a giant LEGO kit.
* How many Tory MPs are there in Parliament now that weren’t there before 2024?
50,000 is a lot in terms of cost and planning, but is not a lot in terms of capacity required.
Even worse is to be paid for by cutting overseas aid. Which will drive increased immigration.