Electioncast: Read my lips... Migration and the NHS back on the agenda
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Today, Laura’s been talking to the health secretary and the shadow home secretary, as the Conservatives promise more GP surgeries, and Labour promises less immigration. Sir Keir Starmer gave details of the policy to The Sun on Sunday. We also discuss the extend to which newspapers will play a role in this election.
We also hear about a Lib Dem NHS pledge.
And we discuss the Green party, after an interview with one of its co-leaders, Adrian Ramsey. Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It is presented by Laura Kuenssberg, and Henry Zeffman. It is made by Chris Flynn with Arsenii Sokolov. 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, Henry. |
| 0:05.3 | Hello. |
| 0:06.3 | It's Sunday and it is the second Sunday of the election campaign and it definitely |
| 0:10.1 | does feel like it's starting to kind of fly out you thick and fast doesn't it? |
| 0:13.6 | It really does. I think this is the first time we've seen each other since the general |
| 0:16.6 | election campaign began and I have to say I think it's newsier at this stage |
| 0:21.6 | than other general election campaigns that I remember and I think your show today was |
| 0:26.6 | testament to that a bonanza of news a bonanza of guests and I think we've got loads to get through today. We definitely do and there's going to be a lot of news in today's newscasters |
| 0:36.0 | that you will be eager, hungry and up for the cup. |
| 0:39.0 | I certainly hope so, although I should also just say something that just occurred to me which may or may not be of interest to anybody |
| 0:44.6 | As we were doing the program this morning during the election campaign we are starting every day with a massive graphic of the Downey Street door |
| 0:50.8 | Because apart from anything else that's what this is about. |
| 0:53.8 | Who's going to walk in there on July 5th? |
| 0:58.1 | And then I realized, actually, it looked like I had dressed up |
| 1:00.4 | to match the Downey Street door. I thought that was deliberate Laura. |
| 1:03.0 | No, it wasn't intentional and that's why I mention it. |
| 1:05.0 | But also I should say I like your shack it. |
| 1:07.0 | So we are... |
| 1:08.0 | I don't know which piece of electoral iconography this looks like. |
| 1:11.0 | So saying it's you're utilitarian. It shows that you are busy to the point so let's get on with it. |
| 1:15.8 | Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. People do call me for short. |
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