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Ian Dunt

@IanDunt

Jumped-up baldy. Liberal extremist. Columnist, author, podcaster, substacker.

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Starmer raises the case of Zara Aleena, murdered last year. A very rare moment in which probation is raised in PMQs.

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Over the course of this government the probation service has been split up, privatised, fallen into complete disrepair of exactly the kind which warned about, and then nationalised again. We're still witnessing the consequences of that.

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Stamer: 'Across the country probation services are failing... it's yet another vital public service on its knees.' Says her family believe the govt has blood on its hands.

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Sunak highlights increases in funding and senior probation officers. And then talks, pointlessly, about harsh sentencing.

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It's worth mentioning that every probation officer I've spoken to over the last year is in absolute despair about the conditions they work in.

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We're now on Zahawi. A shame. But good on Starmer for bringing the matter up - probation gets almost no attention, MPs show little interest in it, and yet it has been thoroughly vandalised, putting the public at greater risk of crime.

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Sunak answer on Zahawi very closely worded: 'The issues in question occurred before I was PM... The usual appointments process was followed, no issues were raised with me... since I commented on this matter last week more information has come forward.'

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Starmer: Last week Pm said Zahawi had answered questions in full. This week he says there's serious questions to answer. What changed?

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Sunak relies on the fact 'more information... has entered the public domain.' Says he believes in 'proper due process'.

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