Sophy Ridge puts to Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, that it feels like the Tories have so far announced far more policies than Labour during the election campaign, and asks if he’s waiting for the manifesto for the rabbits to appear.
Mr Streeting does not address the question directly, however, pivoting to the Truss mini-budget and accusing the Tories of not having “learned the lessons” and planning on “splurging more than £70bn of unfunded spending commitments and tax cuts in the vain hope that people will forget 14 years of Conservative chaos”.
Sophy pushes Mr Streeting on the apparently small number of policies from Labour, and he points to the party’s plans to deliver 40,000 more NHS appointments per week, 13,000 more police officers, offering free primary school breakfast clubs, and more.
“There are plenty of policies we’ve already set out there, and – unlike the Conservatives – ours are fully costed and fully funded.”
Labour’s policies, he argues, would all amount to “change”.
Streeting ‘appalled’ by Farage milkshake incident
Asked about Nigel Farage, who today had milkshake poured over him while campaigning in Clacton, Labour’s Wes Streeting says he is “appalled” by it.
“I could not disagree more strongly with Nigel Farage on a number of issues but he is putting himself forward for an election and has the right to make his case,” the shadow health secretary says.
“The best way to take on Farage is to debate him and beat him at the ballot box.
“Instead, chucking milkshake at him just puts him in the media more and there is a serious point – I’m sure when that person lunged forward he had no idea what was going on, what kind of liquid was being thrown at him and what threat he was under.”
He goes on to say “it is serious”.
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