Clare Fallon

1. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Clare Fallon

   Why thousands of criminals are missing electronic ankle monitors (opens the original)

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   One of the concerns underneath the government’s early release policy is how best to deal with convicted prisoners. New figures show that thousands of people in England and Wales who are supposed to be fitted with an electronic tag are not wearing one. It comes after a damning report by the National Audit Office earlier this month warned of widespread failures in the tagging system, saying it was creating risks to the public.

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2. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Clare Fallon

   NEETs: Former health secretary Alan Milburn on how to solve crisis of ‘lost generation’ (opens the original)

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   As Sir Keir Starmer prepares to leave office, one of his key “national missions” remains unresolved – the “lost generation” of a million young people not in education, employment or training – so-called NEETs. The man the Prime Minister asked to come up with a fix for the problem, former health secretary Alan Milburn, is now working closely with Sir Keir’s expected successor, Andy Burnham, with reducing the benefits bill and further devolution firmly on the agenda.

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