Electioncast: A National Health (Service) Check

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today, we look at what the parties are offering for the NHS and social care, and how they’re going to pay for it.

Laura’s been speaking to shadow health secretary Wes Streeting about Labour’s plans. We also hear from transport secretary Mark Harper, and the leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth is also explains why independence isn’t front and centre of his campaign.

And, want to sound like you know about the football while watching England? Mark Pougatch, main presenter of ITV’s tournament coverage, is on hand.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It is presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It is made by Chris Flynn and Josh Jenkins. The technical producer is Gareth Jones. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello, Laura.
0:05.5	Hello, Patty.
0:06.7	I'd like to apologize.
0:08.0	Oh, why?
0:09.0	Because I said Scotland would beat Germany.
0:10.7	You did.
0:11.8	It's not happened. I think that was an appropriate moment of
0:14.6	respectful silence. Yes, I just was one of our predictions in December and I
0:20.4	we always promised to try and be honest when we're wrong and I was wrong.
0:23.4	You were very, very wrong.
0:24.5	For the right reasons?
0:26.0	What was your reason?
0:27.0	Were you trying to cheer me up or were you trying to?
0:28.0	No, no, I had a secret squirrel sauce who said that...
0:31.3	Did you?
0:32.3	In the Scotland team? Well, I wouldn't go in the team but in the
0:34.8	country. Well me because I wouldn't have said that. It wasn't you who said it. But anyway
0:39.6	how are you otherwise? Very well. Thank you very much.
0:43.0	And we, of course, lots of people I'll be looking forward to English football tonight,
0:45.6	the first match in the Serbia, and we're recording it 10 to 11.
0:48.0	So who knows by the time we were back together, I may also be able to either, I don't know,
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