Dido and AenHS
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the government's plans to scrap Public Health England and place Dido Harding in charge of its replacement. Then, in You Ask Us, the team answer your questions on the schemes – like the furlough and rent eviction pauses – that are set to finish.
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| 1:27.0 | Anush to Kealian and Stephen Bush. This week we talk about Matt Hancock scrapping |
| 1:32.3 | Public Health England and you ask us what is the government's logic behind not extending the furlough scheme, not extending the ban on evictions and not making universal credit more generous. |
| 1:45.0 | So we had a |
| 1:50.0 | so we had confirmation this Monday that Matt Hancock the Health Secretary is indeed |
| 1:57.4 | planning to scrap Public Health England and replace it with the National Institute for Health Protection. |
| 2:08.0 | It has sparked quite a lot of controversy because the person appointed to lead the new body is Dido Harding who has |
| 2:18.0 | been leading NHS test and trace with limited success, but it also begs a lot of broader interesting questions |
| 2:26.8 | about the role of outsourcing in our pandemic response and government institutions and how well they have handled the pandemic so far. |
| 2:36.8 | But maybe if we begin with Dido Harding, Anush, what did you think of her appointment to lead this new body? |
| 2:45.0 | Well I think it's really interesting because you can you can look at it two ways so I |
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