Minister Chris Philp on Laura Kuenssberg as MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour

David Graham

1 year ago

Minister Chris Philp on Laura Kuenssberg as MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour – BBC News

Summary

This week Laura Kuenssberg is joined by Policing Minister Chris Philp and Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting
They’re being asked about Conservative MP Dan Poulter’s defection to Labour. Poulter, also an NHS doctor, tells Laura he quit because of the strain on the NHS
Philp says he doesn’t accept Poulter’s criticism of the government, adding that the Conservative party has protected NHS funding
Wes Streeting says Dan Poulter was not offered any deal to join Labour, as far as he is aware
We’re also hearing from Nancy Pelosi, the veteran Democrat and former US House speaker, about college campus protests over Israel-Gaza
Sir Ed Davey, Lib Dem leader, also joins the show to discuss the state of the Scottish parliament – and Alex Salmond, leader of the Alba Party, says “key talks” lie ahead with SNP leader Humza Yousaf
On the panel this week, former cabinet minister Robert Jenrick is joined by Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti and SNP MP Ian Blackford