Could COVID lead to age discrimination? | Grant Shapps & Ros Altmann

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Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary, Government

4.2 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Ros Altmann warns that the government must avoid "age discrimination" as it eases the coronavirus lockdown. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps explain how public transport could be made safer as people return to work. He also defends the government as the UK's death toll approaches the second-largest in the world.

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0:00.0	The world is becoming increasingly complex and volatile.
0:03.5	How can we make sense of it all?
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0:05.7	And I'm Yalda Hekeem.
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0:41.1	After the Prime Minister promised a roadmap to the easing of lockdown restrictions,
0:45.3	we spoke to Transport Secretary of Guant Shaps to try and find out some more details.
0:50.2	Plus, Baroness Rosaltman was on the show to talk about the impact of the virus on older people. Well, as usual, we are joined by our producer Matt Lavender.
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