Coming up on this programme. As winter tightens its grip, theres a row in the commons about the health of the health service. Our nhs, mr speaker, is in crisis. But the Prime Minister is in denial. The only way we can ensure weve got funding for the National Health service is a strong economy. With the Stormont Assembly in crisis, we find out whats gone wrong in Northern Irelands power sharing agreement. Also on this programme. A damning indictment of the uks approach to defence. We are short sighted, penny pinching, naively optimistic. We are complacent and we are ostrich like to the way in which the world has become interconnected. And, how can we get more women into parliament . A senior mp thinks its time for action. In our Committee Sessions, we heard very warm words from all of the party chair and leaders. We didnt really hear very much detail. But, first, it was a parliamentary week dominated by the stresses and strains facing englands nhs. Mps returned To Westminster after the
The week in parliament. Coming up on this programme. As winter tightens its grip, theres a row in the commons about the health of the nhs. Our nhs, mr speaker, is in crisis. But the Prime Minister is in denial. The only way we can ensure weve got funding for the National Health service is a strong economy. With the Stormont Assembly in crisis, we find out whats gone wrong in Northern Irelands power sharing agreement. Also on this programme. A damning indictment of the uks approach to defence. We are short sighted, penny pinching, naively optimistic. We are complacent and we are ostrich like to the way in which the world has become interconnected. And, how can we get more women into parliament, a senior mp thinks its time for action. In our Committee Sessions, we heard very warm words from all of the party chair and leaders. We didnt really hear very much detail. But, first, it was a parliamentary week dominated by the stresses and strains facing englands nhs. Mps returned To Westminste
a carerfor my mum when she was terminally ill, then my gran looked after me and i looked after my nana when she was frail, and now i look after my disabled son with my wife. and so i sort of understand about how family carers are under pressure because there are millions of families who are looking after their loved ones and they need more support. we also need to invest in social care. these are the care workers who are paid. we need to make sure they get a decent minimum wage, and we re saying £2 an hour above the national wage at least, because we need more people to be supported in care, to look after loved ones who are either waiting to be discharged from hospital so they don t have to go into hospital. if we do that, we rescue our nhs. 0ur nhs is on its knees and one of the main reasons it is on its knees is people haven t invested in social care and they haven t looked after family carers, and our package today does just that. of course it s a interesting plan, but how much is
state. labour has not indicated it would scrap the new care worker visa rules. what about the wider implications of a new hard cap on visas? a lot of people for whom a desire for another migration is not motivated by economics but rather the idea of the country changing and there is evidence that migration creates additional pressure on public services. however, at the same time, there is evidence it helps relieve pressure on public services, and there are shortages of doctors and editors and social care workers which have been filled by migrants in recent years, and training were domestic workers to a nhs workers would likely come at a cost to taxpayers and higher wages to attract domestic workers into social care would likely be reflected in care costs. the government s official forecaster projects what would happen to the national debt if net migration falls from 350,000 per year to 150,000 per
so 3.7 billion. we re saying that the tax cuts to the big banks, which the conservatives have given, should be reversed. that would raise £a.3 billion more than our policy. that would raise £a.3 billion more than our policy. there are other aspects of it. and we think this is just an essential investment to save our nhs and to provide the care that people need. ed davey there. our political correspondent damian grammaticas is travelling with the lib dems today. you re seeing ed davey engaged in some flower arranging, first it was django towers. what is the political analogy, the symbolism with all of this jenga analogy, the symbolism with all of this jenga paris. the analogy, the symbolism with all of this jenga paris. this jenga paris. the lib dems ust like this jenga paris. the lib dems just like to this jenga paris. the lib dems just like to surprise this jenga paris. the lib dems just like to surprise you, - just like to surprise you, basically. sir ed no