Pod Save the UK25 Jul 2024

Red Rebellion, Just Stop Locking Up Activists And How To Fix Our Broken NHS With Clare Farrell And Victor Adebowale

Three weeks haven’t yet passed since the election, but Keir Starmer’s Government has faced its first rebellion. The response to seven Labour MPs breaking rank over the Government’s stance on the two child benefit cap was swift and fierce, leading to the whip being removed and anger inside and outside the party. Nish and Coco ask if Starmer has only stoked further division within the party.

Clare Farrell drops in to discuss the landmark sentencing of five Just Stop Oil protesters and how the previous government’s draconian anti-protest legislation led to this moment.

Later, chair of the NHS Federation Victor Adebowale joins Nish and Coco to discuss the National Audit Office’s recent findings into the state of NHS finances and what can be done to fix the service, while taking the pressure off of near-breaking point staff.

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Guests:

Clare Farrell, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion

Lord Victor Adebowale, Chair of the NHS Confederation

Useful Links:

Open Letter:

https://defendourjuries.org/wtf/

Just Stop Oil petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-prison-for-protest/

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Audio credits:

BBC Radio 4 Today

Department of Health and Social Care

parliamentlive.tv

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