You are watchIng bbc news. Lets return to events on the fInal day of the Labour Party Conference In liverpool. In the last 30 mInutes, Health Secretary Wes StreetIng addressed the delegates. He has Insisted he wouldnt Back Down from his claim that The Nhs is broken, despite the bbc reportIng growIng unease about the government passed s messagIng. Lets take a listen to what he said. Governments messagIng. What he said. Governments messi people now expect charges for In ten people now expect charges for nhs care to be Introduced. Ive said it before, ill Say it agaIn, over my dead body. Applause we will always defend our nhs as a public service free at The PoInt of use, so that whenever you fall ill, you never have to worry about the bill. ~ , , you never have to worry about the bill. ~ , ,. , bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference itself bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference itself and bill. Wes streetIn
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SpIrIt, a polItIcal correspondent for the tImes and Andrew FIsher who wrItes for the I. Thank you both for beIng wIth us. Tell me lara what do you thInk KeIr Starmer has do today . When you speak to people In labour about what they want to achIeve, they want KeIr Starmer to put a stamp on thIs conference and say what he belIeves In and what the government Is for, we have had ale dIffIcult couple of weeks for the government, we have had storIes about donor gate, freebIes and dIffIcult storIes about the salary of chIef of staff. Some are sayIng that Is because there a voId that starmer has left and Into that voId he needs to state what It Is he needs. So we need to see from hIm today there Is a real sense he needs to stamp hIs authorIty on thIs conference. Another thIn andrew was the sense we got from the government about tough decIsIon, the WInter Fuel Payment whIch was a contentIous decIsIon about that for mIllIons and we have heard from some sayIng you need to Inject more optImIsm whI
The action that the government took in conjunction with the us is action that we support. What we now need to hear from the prime minister is the scope, the basis, the full reasoning behind the decision that he took and, of course, the question of whether more action may be needed and what processes will be put in place. So that statement should be this Afternoon And Id be expecting the prime minister to answer those questions. So whats the reality about britains capabilities . Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner gave us his analysis of the defence secretarys speech. It was a quite sort of churchillian speech, i think. Anyone would think we had this incredibly powerful navy. But the fact is that our navy is tiny these days compared to what it used to be, and tiny compared to the the multiple threats that it faces. Its not big enough to do all the tasks thats needed. There is no sign of the queen elizabeth. Weve got these massively expensive two aircraft carriers that have
Is action that we support. What we now need to hear from the Prime Minister is the scope, the basis, the full reasoning behind the decision that he took and, of course, the question of whether more action may be needed and what processes will be put in place. So that statement should be this Afternoon And Id be expecting the Prime Minister to answer those questions. So whats the reality about britains capabilities . Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner gave us his analysis of the defence secretarys speech. It was a quite sort of churchillian speech, i think. Anyone would think we had this incredibly powerful navy. But the fact is that our navy is tiny these days compared to what it used to be, and tiny compared to the the multiple threats that it faces. Its not big enough to do all the tasks thats needed. There is no sign of the queen elizabeth. Weve got these massively expensive