Sir Keir Starmer has promised an extra 40,000 NHS appointments per week in a bid to reduce waiting lists. The Labour party leader pledged to make healthcare a priority if his party gets into power in July. "That will make a massive difference to the lives of people and not just to their physical health," he added.
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00:00 Our first step in health is 40,000 extra appointments every week to bring down a waiting list that's now nearly 8 million.
00:09 That means everybody watching or listening to this programme probably is either on a waiting list themselves or knows somebody who is.
00:16 That will make a massive difference to the lives of people, not just their physical health but also their economy.
00:21 Or take the other challenge that you put to me. Take what we say about a new border command to tackle the gangs that are running the vile trade of people being put in boats across the Channel.
00:31 Versus the government's Rwanda gimmick costs hundreds of millions of pounds and now we know it isn't even going to work.