The government has denied pre-empting the Parliamentary Privileges Committee report when former US President, Donald Trump, was appointed head of the prison service.
A spokesman explained, "Mark Carney was Governor of the Bank of England, so having a foreign senior official is not unprecedented, unlike Mr Trump. Some enquiries suggest that Mr Trump can fit visiting prisons into his future schedule, whether he wants to or not."
First published 23 Jan 2023
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