On her The Rest is Entertainment podcast Marina Hyde similarly just stated that this part of the complaint is right and that serious mistakes were made, like it's an undisputable fact when it, well, just isn't.

If you want to see Charlie Taylor, Cathy McGuinness and me talking about prison education, the state it’s in and what needs to be done to fix it, then do come along to Tuesday’s @thehowardleague.bsky.social event.

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Yes, absolutely! Couldn’t agree more. Evidence is clear on both the benefits and that investing in education is cost effective.

This is great, but have they forgotten to put your name on it?

I see the prison population's down another 467 this week. Do you have any idea what's driving it?

(Apparently even the MoJ doesn’t know…)

No, it’s not 50% across the board. It might be close to 50% in a few but it’ll be significantly less than that in most I think. The PGA says at least 5% in most prisons. But there’s no published data so there’s no way to know for sure.