and the reason the party has chosen to put health and care right at the centre is because the voters are saying that s one of their biggest concerns, if not the biggest. they worry about the health service, getting a gp, finding an nhs dentist. they re worried also about care for their loved ones. and we ve been talking about social care, but we ve also been talking about family care, a because that s really important. there are millions of people looking after loved ones who don t get the support they deserve. and you ve talked, you ve talked about. and also my. ..your disabled son. ..my own personal experience, you know, my dad dying when i was four and then my mum became terminally ill when i was 12 and i nursed her with my brother until she died when i was 15. then my brothers and my nana and granddad looked after me, and then i looked after my nana when she became frail and elderly, and now i look after my son, john, who s got an undiagnosed brain condition, and it mea
forformer election for them? joining us today for former conservative cabinet minister, shadow business minister, liberal democrat and daily telegraph, columnist. this is politics live, election 202a. welcome to viewers on bbc two, bbc news and the iplayer. parliament has been dissolved which means politicians, are no longer mps but candidates. ordinary members of the public standing in their respectful constituents for their parties but they are welcome all the same. let s start for tax and spend and this headline on bbc news. labour rules out raising vat after was started by the chancellor, jeremy hunt writing today promising a conservative government you heard in the headlines, would not raise any headlines, would not raise any headline taxes. he claims that labour does have a plan to raise vat, this of course is a classic election strategy to try and expose hidden plans by your rivals during the campaign. but labour have quashed them and ruled out, as you also heard in th
officials about the pressures on hospitals. the timing has been criticised by both the health secretary and nhs bosses, who say in the middle of an election campaign no party is in a position to negotiate. my opening question to all of you is connect if keir starmer has ruled out meeting a 35% pay restoration demand byjunior doctors, with a change of government resolve anything? i doctors, with a change of government resolve anything? resolve anything? i don t know. i have no idea resolve anything? i don t know. i have no idea what resolve anything? i don t know. i have no idea what level- resolve anything? i don t know. i have no idea what level keir- resolve anything? i don t know. i- have no idea what level keir starmer would settle this dispute. we have already been clear and raised salaries forjunior doctors by 9% this year. there have been negotiations for another 3% on top of that. they are fair figures. we have settled the nurses dispute and consultants. 35%, is
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