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On 13 June 2023, Valdo Calocane killed three people and seriously injured three others in Nottingham city centre.

How could this attack – and similar assaults – have been prevented?

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14/ Report author Gareth Lyon (@GarethLyon1688), Head of Health & Social Care at Policy Exchange, said 👇

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Sickness absence levels in the NHS (5.15%) are almost three times higher than in the private sector (1.8%) – and more than half as much again as staff in the rest of the public sector (2.9%)

Why?

Because of the NHS’s extraordinarily generous sick leave policies.

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13/ Gregory Stafford MP (@GregoryStafford), Member of the Health Select Committee, said 👇

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“It's not sufficient to look at this as just an isolated incident. The wider policy question... is the fear of being called a racist now so embedded in the minds of frontline officers.”

Head of Crime and Justice @DaveASpencer speaks to @BBCr4today on the Henry Nowak case👇
https://t.co/VVBAVR4A3b

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This morning I was on the @BBCr4today programme talking about the Henry Nowak case.

There are wider issues of policy here and questions for Government Ministers and Police Chiefs going back many years.

https://t.co/UUguwkskI3

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12/ We look forward to the final solutions-focused report published in the Autumn.

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1/ Alan Milburn’s interim report on young people and work is a major intervention that should be welcomed, and he is right, this is a cause that moves beyond party politics.

Its diagnosis closely echoes arguments Policy Exchange has made across a series of recent reports: the UK’s welfare, skills and employment systems too often fail to move young people into participation.

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11/  Young people need a welfare and skills system that expects, supports and enables participation.

That means earlier intervention, better incentives, stronger technical routes, and a renewed focus on work, training and contribution.