Labour says Alex Chalk’s U-turn reveals ‘epic’ crisis in Conservatives’ jails policy
Good morning. Governments that have been in power a long time often have to reverse decisions they have taken earlier, but under this administration this practice has become endemic. Two of the most important acts of public service reform under David Cameron were privatisation of the probation service and the Health and Social Care Act 2012, which put competitive tendering at the heart of the provision of NHS services.
Both reforms were subsequently regarded as flawed , and reversed. On tax, the Tories spent the first half of their time in office reducing corporation tax, and putting the income tax allowance up. Now they’re doing the opposite. At the Tory conference Rishi Sunak announced a colossal U-turn on HS2, one of the biggest infrastructure schemes in British history. And today, on sentencing police, Alex Chalk, the justice secretary, is set to announce another U-turn.
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