Does this sound like a man planning to tackle the root causes of crime and to stop locking people up for bullshit reasons or does a 16% increase in prison places sound like he's going to lean further into authoritarianism instead of fixing anything?
UK Prime Minister UpdatesWe will deliver the fastest prison building programme since the Victorian era, with 14,000 new places expected by 2031. To avoid a repeat of this situation, I have also asked the Justice Secretary to identify other ways to free up prison capacity that will be more palatable to the public.