How does the Deputy Prime Minister think that the next comprehensive spending review can avoid a repeat of the Prison Places Crisis and the tax credit fiasco?

We heard the other day about the case of Gary Weddell, the policeman who was given bail by the judge, largely because the judge felt that, first, Weddell was someone who would not commit an offence while on bail, and secondly he had little alternative because of the Crisis in Prison Places.

We heard the other day about the case of Gary Weddell, the policeman who was given bail by the judge, largely because the judge felt that, first, he was someone who would not commit an offence while on bail, and secondly he had little alternative because of the Crisis in Prison Places.

The Government have ignored all the warnings about an impending Crisis in Prison Places.