parties are gathering for a special live bbc scotland debate. we ll be hearing from john swinney, the smp, douglas ross for the scottish conservatives, anas sarwar in scottish labour, let s listen in. one general election that could change the country, welcome to a special edition of debate night. live from glasgow, welcome to debate night with scotland s political party leaders. this evening they will go head to head in front of an audience comprised of people with different voting intentions, some of them still undecided. joining us this evening we. anas sarwar, leader of scottish labour. lorna slater, co leader of the scottish greens. douglas ross, leader of the scottish conservatives. and finally, from the scottish liberal democrats, leader alex cole hamilton. please welcome them to this special live edition of debate night. applause we are live on tv, radio and the iplayer, and you canjoin in the debate on social media wherever you are. the hashtag is bbcdn. so what are
is for elected politicians. i would say that i think it would be helpful if some acknowledgement of the paid irrigation over the past number of years. one trust executive are to me yesterday said what i am concerned about is the dressing room ofjohn your doctors who are tomorrow s consultants. the concern we have is if we see the profession continue to be knocked in this way, may be young people will look at a career in medicine and think of doing something else instead. i would echo ministers please, stop the strikes, it is hurting the nhs, it is hurting patients, it is certainly hurting the prime minister s pledged to cut waiting times. let s go into the warm, cup of tea, cup of coffee, around a
and will return at 2.15 to rule on exactly how nicola bulley s death occurred and why. the time is: 1:18. our top story this afternoon. a long awaited report into cricket in england and wales has found that racism, sexism and class based discrimination is widespread within the game. and coming up, promotions on unhealthy foods are set to be restricted in wales under plans to tackle obesity and diabetes. coming up on bbc news: we ll have the team news from lord s as england pickjosh tongue. the pace bowler comes in for moeen ali for the second test against australia. a new type of artificial intelligence which helps cut waiting times for cancer patients is to be offered to all nhs trusts in england at cost price. the ai saves doctors time by helping
and we have got your news from nick hatfield. the england and wales cricket board has apologised after a report found widespread racism, sexism, classism and elitism in cricket in england and wales. the independent commission for equity in cricket has made aa recommendations after a two year investigation. supermarket bosses are to be questioned by mps about why food prices are remain high, even though some of their costs have come down. the british retail consortium says price rises slowed slightly again this month. price offers on unhealthy foods which are high in sugar, salt and fat are going to be restricted in wales as part of plans to tackle obesity and diabetes. the legislation is due to be rolled out in 2025. the nhs says a new type of artificial intelligence technology could help cut waiting times for cancer patients to get treatment. it helps doctors calculate where to direct radiation beams
halving. and i would like the economy to be growing by then. those goals are for this year. in terms of the debt falling we have already got plans in place to make sure the debt falls in the medium term, and we have got to make sure we have the discipline to do so because that is not always easy but that is the right thing to do to secure the future of public services and combat inflation. in terms of nhs waiting times, last year we practically eliminated people waiting over two years either because of the plans we put in place that increase the amount of elective activity, which i talked about, we were on track to eliminate the weights for 1.5 years by about april of this year and by spring of next year we will have eliminated those waiting over a year with the overall waiting list falling and then lastly, we are keen to introduce legislation as soon as practically possible, and parliament will decide how long it takes to pass legislation ultimately but in