The Big Risks for Labour Part 2 – NHS collapses, Prisons boil over, Universities go bust

The Bunker

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🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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What’s in the list of potential crises that could derail Labour’s first year, drawn up by Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray and nicknamed “Sue’s shit list”? Today Ros Taylor tells Andrew Harrison what happens to Labour if the prisons crisis boils over, the NHS hits a funding shortfall, or universities start going bust. If you missed Part 1 yesterday, listen now to hear Jonn Elledge explain the consequences of the possible £15bn bankruptcy of Thames Water, the looming collapse of one or more local authorities, and public pay running out of control. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Art by James Parrett. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.9	C EE. E. C EE. K. slash claims. Hello and this is part two of our forensic look at the dossier of potential future disasters
0:46.0	but might hit a first-term Labour government, compiled by the party's chief of staff Sue Gray
0:51.0	and inevitably nicknamed Sue's shit list. The FT broke the story
0:55.8	that Gray had flagged up six nightmare scenarios that a star of a government might
0:59.8	face in its first year. Yesterday John Eage and I looked at what happens if Thames Water
1:04.6	goes Bust, if more local authorities go under, or it does a crisis over public sector pay.
1:11.3	And today Ross Taylor is here to talk about the remaining three.
1:15.0	What if the simmering crisis in prisons boils over?
1:18.1	What if one or more universities finally goes bust?
1:21.4	And what if the NHS runs up against a serious funding shortfall.
1:24.6	Hello rods thanks for joining us.
1:26.0	Hello Andrew. Let us start with the NHS because you know it's by common consent broken
1:31.1	the litany of failure is so familiar it is numbing. The waiting
1:34.4	list is up from 7.5 million in February compared with 4.6 million before
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