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Coffee House Shots

Grooming gang row overshadows Starmer's big NHS speech

Coffee House Shots

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In a speech this morning, the Prime Minister unveiled his plans to tackle the NHS backlog, and hit back at comments Elon Musk has made regarding grooming gangs, the government's response to them, and about the Prime Minister’s own role in their prosecution.

Whilst the Prime Minister's speech was plagued by the familiar platitudes about the NHS it was shortly followed by the government's NHS elective recovery plan, which does include some interesting proposals to shift healthcare away from hospitals – for example, giving cash incentives to GPs each time they consult with a specialist to see if there is an alternative to hospital visits. Is this plan the miracle cure the NHS needs? And will Starmer's robust response to Elon Musk finally put their spat to bed?

Oscar Edmondson speaks to Isabel Hardman and James Heale.

Produced by Oscar Edmondson.

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0:00.0

It's Ed Balls and me, George Osborne, here from our podcast Political Currency.

0:05.6

And we're really excited to tell you about a special series with David Cameron on the first six months as Prime Minister.

0:12.1

Letters to Trident submarine captains, hostage crises, that first budget.

0:17.0

There's so much we pack into those first few months.

0:20.0

This is David Cameron, as you've never heard him before.

0:23.2

It's Barack Obama on the telephone going, well done, David, enjoyed this moment.

0:26.9

It's all downhill from here.

0:28.2

I've had my rouse with sarcozy over the years, but whenever I see him, I always give him this big hug.

0:33.3

Thank him for letting me see my dad before he died.

0:35.7

Listen, enjoy, be provoked.

0:38.4

Inside number 10,

0:43.6

David Cameron, the first six months. Search for political currency wherever you get your podcast.

0:53.3

Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast. I'm Oscar Edmonton, and I'm joined today by

0:54.6

Isabelle Hardman and James Heel. And in a speech this morning, the Prime Minister has

0:59.0

unveiled his plans to tackle the NHS backlog. And in that same speech, he did hit back at the

1:04.4

comments that Elon Musk has made regarding grooming gangs and about the Prime Minister's own

1:08.4

role in their prosecution. But Isabel, perhaps if we start

1:11.9

with what the government would like to talk about, which is this plan to slash NHS waiting

1:16.8

lists, could you take us through Kirstama's prescription for the NHS? Yes, so this was the

1:22.9

topic of Kirstarmer's speech this morning, which is the NHS England elective recovery plan.

1:30.3

And its key aim is to meet the 18-week waiting standard for elective treatment by March 2029.

1:41.3

So in the plan it says that by March 2026, the percentage of patients waiting

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