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Oliver Hides takes your calls on prisons, people off work due to sickness and preppers.

Who's to blame for prisoners being released by mistake? Are there too many people off work because of sickness? And have you heard of the preppers?

Who's to blame for prisoners being released by mistake? Police are hunting for one prisoner, mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison in the past week. The Justice Minister, Alex Davies-Jones, has admitted prisons won't be fixed overnight. And the shadow Justice Secretary, Robert Jenrick, says that more prisons need to be built.

Are there too many people off work because of sickness? There are 800,000 more people out of work now than in 2019 due to health conditions, costing employers £85bn a year, according to a review by former John Lewis boss Sir Charlie Mayfield. The report suggests that the number of sick and disabled people out of work is putting the UK at risk of an "economic inactivity crisis" that threatens the country's prosperity.

And have you heard of the preppers? There’s a community of British survivalists out there, who are gearing up for potential emergencies amid growing global uncertainty. Leigh Price – who runs the survival and prepping shop ‘The Bug Out’ – will be talking us through what it means to be a prepper.

2 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Fine Young Cannibals

    Good Thing

    • The Raw & The Cooked.
    • London.
  • Cat Burns

    There's Just Something About Her

    • How To Be Human.
    • RCA.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    This Is The Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 19.
  • Goo Goo Dolls

    Iris

    • (CD Single).
    • Hollywood Records.
  • ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 013.
  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    Are You Gonna Go My Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Westlife

    Chariot

    • 25 - The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony Music.
  • AC/DC

    You Shook Me All Night Long

    • AC/DC - Back In Black.
    • EMI.
  • Savage Garden

    Truly Madly Deeply

    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artist.
    • Sony.
  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.
  • The Rogues

    Oh Gena

    • (Single).
    • Flip Flop Records.
    • 1.
  • West End & Sybil

    The Love I Lost

    • (CD Single).
    • Pwl Sanctuary.
  • Amii Stewart

    Knock On Wood

    • Soul Years 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
    • 2.
  • Tanita Tikaram

    Good Tradition

    • The Best Of Tanita Tikaram.
    • East West Records.

Broadcast

  • Thu 6 Nov 202511:59