home office has cited is the tip of the iceberg. the real cost is on things like house prices, it s on the general strain on public services of immigration and the sense that a lot of voters have that we are not properly policing our borders and the country is not safe so yes there will be people who think it is an outrageous amount of money to be spent this way but i think there s other costs that are even bigger in people s minds which is 806 issue for the conservatives. a toxic issue. is 806 issue for the conservatives. a toxic issue. is 806 issue for the conservatives. a toxic issue. then new grander oli on a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the table, a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the table, robert - a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the table, robert jen - a toxic issue. then new grander| policy on the table, robert jen rick policy on the table, robertjen rick who quit last we
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seeing your gp face to face is almost still as hard now as it was during lockdown injanuary, that s according to the latest figures for england. 58% of patients were seen in person in august. that compares with 54% in january of this year. gps are blaming rising demand and shortages of staff. here s our health correspondent dominic hughes. we are working at 100mph. that is how it feels. i ve probably triaged maybe a0 other patients in addition to the other work that i have done today. and it s that mental do do do do do, and it s dealing with a huge burden of responsibility, every moment of every day. unrelenting pressure, crucial decisions. have you had any chest pain? dr anna hunter has allowed us to capture the reality of her life as a busy gp. we are on a knife edge. we are absolutely on a knife edge. we are just about keeping our head
the big lockdown injanuary and even more disruption. the government has already said it will spend £1.7 billion this year and next with some of that going on tutoring and early next this year they appointed an adviser to shape a big bold ambitious plans, he was talking about things like adding extra time to the school day for learning and also things like sport and music and activities to support children s mental health. tonight it seems as though those ambitions have been massively scaled down and i ve been speaking to people close to the discussions in government and they say as recently as last week plans involving £10 billion were under discussion but my sources now tell me the treasury decided that was too big a commitment for now to make upfront to children and education. so tomorrow what we are going to get is a much more modest announcement focused mainly on tutoring and that will be profoundly disappointing for