Congratulations to Marcus, who is one of the nicest, cleverest people that I’ve ever worked with.

Great to start my Christmas break - and my Christmas shopping - with a trip to @BackstoryLdn this morning. Such a privilege to live near such a friendly, helpful independent bookshop. And they have good coffee, too. https://t.co/muXs1S8pvf

We’re so grateful to everyone who’s donated, whether it’s £5 or £5,000. Our supporters are amazing!

This was a really good day, and @frankcottrell_b was *great*.

This should be a really interesting project, with Nina, Tom, Keri and John involved.

Thank you so much to everyone who supported and shared our @BigGive #ChristmasChallenge! With your wonderful support, we hit our target and raised an incredible £43,765 to help people in prison find hope through learning 📚

There’s still an hour left of the @BigGive, so it’s not too late to donate. And if you like parks and London, please consider @CPRELondon and their great work to improve local green spaces. (Full disclosure: my wife @LauraLikesParks works there!) https://t.co/3zULqk4tuE

We've made it to our @BigGive target! A huge, huge thank you to the 138 people who have donated. It's so inspiring to have your support. And well done to my amazing colleagues for organising the whole thing and, as always, making it all run like clockwork.

Great to visit @HMPFeatherstone with @prisonadvice to hear about their Family Literacy in Prisons (FLIP) course and speak to people who'd done, and really enjoyed, it. Thanks to @AndyKeenDowns for the invitation. Find out more about FLIP here ⬇️. https://t.co/wAJ3bYylA3

This is an incredible, inspiring essay by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in the @FT, describing the power of reading and its importance when she was imprisoned in Iran. @FreeNazanin https://t.co/k0tENIPwZ3

We’re 81% of the way there with 24 hours to go! Can you help us get to our target? https://t.co/xITZWNzmXw

It's not too late to donate to @PrisonersEd via the @BigGive and have your donation doubled. If you can, please support the work that we do and help enable people in prison to access education. https://t.co/xITZWNyP7Y

New projections show that the prison population is expected to increase to 95,700-105,200 by March 2029, with a central estimate of 100,800. But, as the projections acknowledge, a lot will depend on what comes out of @DavidGauke's sentencing review. https://t.co/q14Fm0oNbt

It's time for the Big Give! A week of frenetically checking the website to see how much we've raised, and of feeling incredibly grateful to the amazing people who donate. If you can, please do help us to do what we do by donating. Whatever you give will be DOUBLED!

So the revolving door of ministers at the Ministry of Justice didn't stop revolving for long, with the Courts Minister off to be SoS for Transport after not even 6 months. (I hear she was well thought of in the MoJ so the promotion isn't much of a surprise in the circumstances.)

Any prospective landlords want to take on my local pub @thegorringepark and save it from closing permanently? Looks like it'll need a new kitchen as the upstairs is being sold/let separately, presumably as flats. @tootingnewsie @TootingAbout @TootingBB https://t.co/PYikdZT7d6

This opening paragraph sets the tone for a grim report from @_Imbs_ on the awful state of the prison estate. https://t.co/Yjz58mk0Bw

At @CommonsJustice today, Lord Timpson said that he's planning to set up a Prison Education Advisory Board to support HMPPS in developing the future direction of travel on prison education. Amy Rees also gave an update on the new contracts. https://t.co/CiCg104Cii

The report also shows that people think incapacitation is the most important purpose of prison, followed by rehabilitation and then punishment.

Interesting research report by @SentencingAcad on public attitudes to prison. 73% of people think prisons are either 'not at all' (21%) or 'not very' (52%) effective at rehabilitation and preventing reoffending. https://t.co/kcPP3gd579