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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Khalife escape shows government failing ‘duty to keep people safe’, says Labour

A prison officer walks past a job advert and a Serco van outside Wandsworth prison
Wandsworth prison, from where terror suspect Daniel Khalife escaped. After his rearrest, attention has turned to prison staffing and resources. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

The escape of a terrorism suspect from Wandsworth prison epitomises how the government is failing in its “duty to keep people safe”, Labour has said, saying it comes in the context of other policy meltdowns such as crumbling concrete in schools.

After Daniel Khalife, 21 was charged with escaping custody a day after he was arrested, the focus has turned to wider issues of staffing and resources in the prison service and whether these played a role in his escape.

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