Wes Streeting: ‘Do not give the matches back to the arsonist’
On Sky News this morning, Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting suggested there could be greater spending increases than promised in Labour’s manifesto, ‘if the conditions allow’, but said Labour wouldn’t ‘make promises we can’t keep’. Trevor Phillips argued that Labour’s manifesto doesn’t amount to real change, but Streeting accused him of a ‘wall of cynicism’, and called the Conservative manifesto ‘Liz Truss’s mini-budget on steroids’.
Mark Harper: ‘We’ve got a strong record’
Laura Kuenssberg asked Transport Secretary Mark Harper why Conservative candidates and their election material are avoiding using official branding. She suggested there might be embarrassment in the party. Harper disagreed, saying the Tories had a ‘very strong offer to set out’. He claimed that anyone who wants lower taxes and controlled migration should vote for the Conservatives, and that a vote for any other party will lead to a Labour government with a large majority ‘and a blank cheque’, which will ‘literally do the opposite of what you want’.
Ed Davey: ‘We fought the Conservatives every day’
The Liberal Democrats have put adult social care reform at the heart of their manifesto, but Laura Kuenssberg pointed out to Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey that during the coalition government there were significant cuts to welfare support.
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