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it was about alan milburn.o theatre when lots of newscast fans came and watched the result. and we also had lots of guests coming off your programme, laura, and the radio programme that nick and rachel burden were doing, to come and have a sort of fireside chat in a slightly more chilled environment with us. and it was interesting. most of the labour people referenced alan milburn as a person from the old days who got things done, knew how to run a government, and you were saying when we were chatting beforehand that actually he's been sort of advising them and now he's actually going to come back. but i do just wonder — he was a polarising figure in the blair era. 0n the left for sure. exactly. because he was, like, "private sector, public sector — i don't care who delivers your eye test, bring it on." and he said hard truths to the medical profession. so i'm just thinking if wes streeting's first call is to the bma and they're all becoming quite, like, firebrand, radical — the membership of the bma. but then
it was about alan milburn.o theatre when lots of newscast fans came and watched the result. and we also had lots of guests coming off your programme, laura, and the radio programme that nick and rachel burden were doing, to come and have a sort of fireside chat in a slightly more chilled environment with us. and it was interesting. most of the labour people referenced alan milburn as a person from the old days who got things done, knew how to run a government, and you were saying when we were...
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in some ways, that's what alan milburn was best known for.nk that's something that labour have been working on for a while. i know that alan milburn and wes streeting have been talking for a while and it is an interesting thing actually, because if we're trying to open the curtain a bit and figure out what keir starmer�*s strategy to his first government is, it's pretty clear to me that he's prepared to bring back people from the past to give himself a bit experience. look atjacqui smith, the former home secretary who's been brought back to do an education minister job, given a seat in the house of lords to make that happen. douglas alexander, former cabinet minister, is back as an mp and straight in to the business department as a junior minister. we've got patrick vallance, the chief scientific. . .the former chief scientific adviser of covid press conference fame. he's been brought in despite not being a hugely political figure in the past. he is now a member of the labour government. richard timpson, the chief executive of timpsons, where
in some ways, that's what alan milburn was best known for.nk that's something that labour have been working on for a while. i know that alan milburn and wes streeting have been talking for a while and it is an interesting thing actually, because if we're trying to open the curtain a bit and figure out what keir starmer�*s strategy to his first government is, it's pretty clear to me that he's prepared to bring back people from the past to give himself a bit experience. look atjacqui smith, the...
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alan milburn identified another thing then, which is a problem, which is the benefit system gives youfied as ill than if you're classified as unemployed. and crucially, it doesn't require you to do anything to look for a job. whereas if you're classified as unemployed, you have to. there is definitely a problem about people being written off where, with the right help and support and confidence, they could be supported into work. so the really interesting thing about his report, where they actually spoke to the people defined as economically inactive... in barnsley in south yorkshire. that's right. seven out of ten said they would like a job if they could find something that met their family circumstances or with the right skill, and they have the right skills. 7 in10. but currently the system does write them off. he also talks about a really important point, which is that lots of people are sort of terrified of trying to take work, because if it doesn't work out, they're worried they'll lose their benefits. and so one of the big things we've said we want to see is this sort of into w
alan milburn identified another thing then, which is a problem, which is the benefit system gives youfied as ill than if you're classified as unemployed. and crucially, it doesn't require you to do anything to look for a job. whereas if you're classified as unemployed, you have to. there is definitely a problem about people being written off where, with the right help and support and confidence, they could be supported into work. so the really interesting thing about his report, where they...
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alan milburn and wes streeting have been talking for a while, and it's an interesting thing.r�*s strategy to face government is. it's pretty clear to me he is prepared to bring back people from the past to give himself a better explains. look atjacqui smith, the former home secretary who is being brought back to doing education ministerjob, given a seat in the house of lords to make that happen. douglas alexander, for karl a minister is back as an mba and straight into the department. patrick vallance, the chief scientific adviser has been brought in, despite not being a hugely political figure. in, despite not being a hugely politicalfigure. the in, despite not being a hugely political figure. the former executive simpson, a former prison campaign. not prominent in labour circles but now has been brought in to do a job to reform prisons. the message keir starmer is trying to send their is that he is prepared to bring in experts and people with experience in. even if they're not mps, because he hopes they will deliver progress pretty quickly. now it's time for a look lots of
alan milburn and wes streeting have been talking for a while, and it's an interesting thing.r�*s strategy to face government is. it's pretty clear to me he is prepared to bring back people from the past to give himself a better explains. look atjacqui smith, the former home secretary who is being brought back to doing education ministerjob, given a seat in the house of lords to make that happen. douglas alexander, for karl a minister is back as an mba and straight into the department. patrick...
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and alan journalist emma woolf. and alan milburn is right.et the long term il back to work. >> there's a bit of a good cop, bad cop thing going on here. alan milburn, you know, sort of labour grandee, seems to be saying it's a crazy system. we've, you know, unsustainable welfare costs and it is you know, the bills spiralling out of control. we have, as you say, 9.4 million people not in employment or looking for a job and 2.8 million of those are off because of long term sickness. we know we have a problem with this. but then liz kendall is taking a much softer line on this. she's talking about we don't want clampdowns, we don't want punishment. we want to support people back into work. so she seems to be talking about, you know, enabling people back into work. and we have a real problem. we have an issue where on the same day as this comes out, we have the telegraph talking about doctors . talking about doctors. basically, the gps are threatening if they're not given the funding that demands that they that they want, they're threatening to r
and alan journalist emma woolf. and alan milburn is right.et the long term il back to work. >> there's a bit of a good cop, bad cop thing going on here. alan milburn, you know, sort of labour grandee, seems to be saying it's a crazy system. we've, you know, unsustainable welfare costs and it is you know, the bills spiralling out of control. we have, as you say, 9.4 million people not in employment or looking for a job and 2.8 million of those are off because of long term sickness. we know...
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it shows labour is - prepared to work in some ways with the private sector, what alan milburn is perhapsmer�*s strategy to his first government is, it is pretty clear to me that he is prepared to bring back people from the past to give himself a bit of experience. look atjacqui smith, former home secretary, brought back to do an education ministerjob, giving her a seatin education ministerjob, giving her a seat in the house of lords to make that happen. douglas alexander is back as an mp and straight into the business department as a junior minister. patrick vallance, former chief scientific adviser of covid press conference fame, brought in despite not being a hugely political figure. richard timson, the chief executive of timpson's, where you might go to get keys cut, big prison reform campaigner, not someone who has been prominent in labour circles but now brought in to do a job trying to reform prisons. the message keir starmer is trying to send is that he is prepared to bring in experts and people with experience even if they are not mps because he hopes it will help him deliver som
it shows labour is - prepared to work in some ways with the private sector, what alan milburn is perhapsmer�*s strategy to his first government is, it is pretty clear to me that he is prepared to bring back people from the past to give himself a bit of experience. look atjacqui smith, former home secretary, brought back to do an education ministerjob, giving her a seatin education ministerjob, giving her a seat in the house of lords to make that happen. douglas alexander is back as an mp and...
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alan milburn is hardly old. douglas has been re—elected handsomely in scotland.letely wiped out by labour. britain's coming home. we've had this 20 years of looking as if the united kingdom was going to fall apart, but northern ireland is okay now. wales is okay, scotland is okay and that's important. and the, alan is a been thinking hard certainly about nhs reform and i'm tempted to say all his life so he'll have some input. but in the end there's a very good health secretary in wes streeting and, it's , it's two streeting and, it's, it's two guys out of many. i mean, i'm standing by for a recall, but i don't think people the phone not rung yet. i don't think people in europe at the moment have to wait another 20 or 30 years before we get. well. >> the fact that you were minister for europe gives you an interesting perspective too, because i mean , clearly, it's because i mean, clearly, it's seen by some as a betrayal of brexit, the way keir starmer appears to be almost sort of cosying up to europe now making it his mission to take brexit back as far as he possi
alan milburn is hardly old. douglas has been re—elected handsomely in scotland.letely wiped out by labour. britain's coming home. we've had this 20 years of looking as if the united kingdom was going to fall apart, but northern ireland is okay now. wales is okay, scotland is okay and that's important. and the, alan is a been thinking hard certainly about nhs reform and i'm tempted to say all his life so he'll have some input. but in the end there's a very good health secretary in wes...
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in a moment, an extraordinary comment by alan milburn saying that the long term sick will have to bend seek work. goodness me, i think he might have read my manifesto from the last election, but we'll debate. is it r , and do we think the alan milburn, the former health secretary, says the long term sick must be required to look for jobs to deal with unsustainable welfare costs, and to reduce the country's toxic reliance on immigration. and he makes the point that anybody in this election who'd been out and knocked on a few doors will have found that immigration has become a toxic issue. hooray somebody in the labour party that actually wants to talk about this, it seems very few of their current mps do. the question is stellar . their current mps do. the question is stellar. this is a difficult issue, isn't it ? we difficult issue, isn't it? we know, and the pandemic, of course, made it much , much worse course, made it much, much worse that just with a zoom consultation with a doctor, you could be put on long term sickness, if it was for depression or any form of what could be desc
in a moment, an extraordinary comment by alan milburn saying that the long term sick will have to bend seek work. goodness me, i think he might have read my manifesto from the last election, but we'll debate. is it r , and do we think the alan milburn, the former health secretary, says the long term sick must be required to look for jobs to deal with unsustainable welfare costs, and to reduce the country's toxic reliance on immigration. and he makes the point that anybody in this election who'd...
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blair is back seemingly through the medium of alan milburn and jacqui smith's appointments.alk us through that, charlie. >> yes. so alan milburn, who was a former minister in the tony blair government, actually came back in in 2010 under the tories as sort of a social a social media adviser, as a social mobility. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> adviser. so he's a very, very keen on getting the nhs up and running again. it's talking about privatisation of the nhs. so using the private sector as well as what it currently has, and it comes on the back of wes streeting announcement when he first walked into the health department to say that the nhs is broken. so it's about bringing back people that are centrist centrists in terms of the labour party, people who are probably thinkers rather than in terms of practicalities rather than just left wing ideologues. yes. and it'll be a very interesting time in the department of health. >> blair has written this op ed for the sunday times, in which he sort of talked about the fact that keir starmer needs to be quite centrist, needs
blair is back seemingly through the medium of alan milburn and jacqui smith's appointments.alk us through that, charlie. >> yes. so alan milburn, who was a former minister in the tony blair government, actually came back in in 2010 under the tories as sort of a social a social media adviser, as a social mobility. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> adviser. so he's a very, very keen on getting the nhs up and running again. it's talking about privatisation of the nhs. so...
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alan milburn has been mentioned, for example.sion is to get the waiting list down. you know, we enter government with the lowest level of public satisfaction with the nhs ever recorded. what wes streeting is saying, quite rightly, is, look, we love the nhs, but we're not here to turn it into a shrine. this is a thing that's much loved but isn't working as well as it should, and we might as well uncover all that and expose the problems and then start to deal with them. now, what's the difference between this and any other secretary of state for health who would say that? i think we're going to try to work together a bit more so that if he's got a blockage somewhere which isn't part of the department of health, there's a forum for raising that and dealing with it. and it's an age—old whitehall problem, this, all the silos and so on. so if i can and if number ten can help with sorting some of that stuff out, then hopefully that will be a good contribution. so if he says the welfare system isn't helping or if some other parts of that
alan milburn has been mentioned, for example.sion is to get the waiting list down. you know, we enter government with the lowest level of public satisfaction with the nhs ever recorded. what wes streeting is saying, quite rightly, is, look, we love the nhs, but we're not here to turn it into a shrine. this is a thing that's much loved but isn't working as well as it should, and we might as well uncover all that and expose the problems and then start to deal with them. now, what's the difference...
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he was known as a successful _ alan milburn back in?s isjonathan reynolds, the business secretary. they promised that they would get the economy growing, but how do they plan to do that question mark there are tough decisions already lining up in the in trays. and, we will have two of the possible candidates for the tory leadership race. after such a crushing defeat, who would want to take it on? victoria atkins and robertjenrick will both join us live. will they be coy, or will they declare customer we hope to see you at 9am on bbc one. ltrhfe declare customer we hope to see you at 9am on bbc one.— at 9am on bbc one. we will be here until laura takes over. _ analysis of the general election has revealed that some parties had a large gap between their share of total votes and share of seats in parliament. it's prompted fresh calls for a change of the electoral system. we'rejoined now by darren hughes from the electoral reform society. thank you for coming in. good morning- _ thank you for coming in. good morning- i _ thank you for comin
he was known as a successful _ alan milburn back in?s isjonathan reynolds, the business secretary. they promised that they would get the economy growing, but how do they plan to do that question mark there are tough decisions already lining up in the in trays. and, we will have two of the possible candidates for the tory leadership race. after such a crushing defeat, who would want to take it on? victoria atkins and robertjenrick will both join us live. will they be coy, or will they declare...
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alan milburn has _ the scale of the challenge. alan milburn has also _ the scale of the challenge.tty quick. yes, they do. they have promised - be acting pretty quick. yes, they do. they have promised that i be acting pretty quick. yes, they| do. they have promised that they will increase the number of appointments immediately, they want 40,000 extra performance, that is up to 2%, which doesn't sound a lot, but if they can do that, experts say that will be enough to make inroads into that but plug straightaway, but one of the things the health service has struggle with under the last government, the amount of funding being put in going up, the amount of staff employed have been going up, but the number of patients they are seeing has barely risen, and that is because of a productivity problem, so this investigation wes streeting has announced today, one of things it has got to get out is how can the nhs be made more productive, how can they get those extra appointments and operations done to start making inroads into that backlog pretty quickly? inroads into that backlog pretty rui
alan milburn has _ the scale of the challenge. alan milburn has also _ the scale of the challenge.tty quick. yes, they do. they have promised - be acting pretty quick. yes, they do. they have promised that i be acting pretty quick. yes, they| do. they have promised that they will increase the number of appointments immediately, they want 40,000 extra performance, that is up to 2%, which doesn't sound a lot, but if they can do that, experts say that will be enough to make inroads into that but...
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>> well, alan milburn's not in government anymore, is he?, there's no commitment yet from the, the president, work, secretary, work and pensions secretary liz kendall is taking on. but the reason these stories always hit you in the face is because of the sheer numbers. look at these again. a record 2.8 million people are off work because of long term sickness. part of 9.4 million people. neither in employment nor looking for a job. and with the cost of sickness benefits going to reach 64 billion by the end of this parliament, we're all going to go bankrupt, aren't we? unless somebody does something, i think you've got to say, statistically, and i mean, i come from a slightly sort of soft, liberal lefty perspective on this. >> oh, really? there are a lot of people who are simply shirkers at barrack rooms. of course they are. and i can remember somebody coming to my surgery saying that they they suffered from chronic agoraphobia and they couldn't work. and i said, well, hang on a second. you've just come three and a half miles and to my surger
>> well, alan milburn's not in government anymore, is he?, there's no commitment yet from the, the president, work, secretary, work and pensions secretary liz kendall is taking on. but the reason these stories always hit you in the face is because of the sheer numbers. look at these again. a record 2.8 million people are off work because of long term sickness. part of 9.4 million people. neither in employment nor looking for a job. and with the cost of sickness benefits going to reach 64...
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milburn, and mr blair also features on the front of the sunday times — as the paper claims he's told the euros. and the sunday mirror also leads on england's success saying 'weve done it'. now on bbc news, newswatch. the bbc�*s general election reporting under the spotlight. welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up — now that the dust is settling from labour's victory on thursday, we hear what you thought of the campaign coverage. and what lessons can bbc news learn from the past six weeks? election nights are a big moment for a broadcaster, and so all eyes were on clive myrie and laura kuenssberg at 5—10pm on thursday night, as they kicked off 15 hours of live results programmes on bbc one. big ben bongs and, as big ben strikes 10pm, the exit poll is predicting a labour landslide. as a dramatic night unfolded, there was a divided reaction from viewers, with james ball observing... but matthew ambrose was impressed with what he saw. thursday night's coverage was the culmination of an intense period for bbc news, with extensive reporting of the election campaign across te
milburn, and mr blair also features on the front of the sunday times — as the paper claims he's told the euros. and the sunday mirror also leads on england's success saying 'weve done it'. now on bbc news, newswatch. the bbc�*s general election reporting under the spotlight. welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up — now that the dust is settling from labour's victory on thursday, we hear what you thought of the campaign coverage. and what lessons can bbc news learn from the...
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milburn, saying that "long term sick should be forced to work".extremist preacher anjem choudary, who has been found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation. the metro leads on that apology by the bbc�*s director general tim davie — after complaints of abusive behaviour on the programme strictly come dancing. the daily express also leading on the strictly allegations — with bbc chief ”very sorry' for bullying scandal". don't forget — you can get a full review of the papers when you wake up in the morning on the bbc news website and app. time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. there is nothing too drastic or dramatic coming up weather—wise over the next few days. that said, it will be a somewhat mixed affair. some sunshine through the day on wednesday, equally a little bit of showery rain. what we've got is this big area of high pressure, the azores high, just trying to extend its influence towards the uk. however, we also have this frontal system pushing in from the west. so what that means is a lot of dry weather to start the da
milburn, saying that "long term sick should be forced to work".extremist preacher anjem choudary, who has been found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation. the metro leads on that apology by the bbc�*s director general tim davie — after complaints of abusive behaviour on the programme strictly come dancing. the daily express also leading on the strictly allegations — with bbc chief ”very sorry' for bullying scandal". don't forget — you can get a full review of...
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milburn. he'll be a very welcome return to health, which is interesting. now, all tony blair favourites, weren't they? >> well, they were very successful people. i mean actually jacqui smith was gordon brown's appointment as the first female home secretary , actually, female home secretary, actually, but you know, i think these are people who have done the hard yards and they've tackled with and actually, you know, the health service under alan milburn, you could argue. i mean, one of the things that olivia didn't talk about, that tony blair was banging on about quite a lot in this article was about al and how we should introduce and embrace technology . introduce and embrace technology. now, some of us are old enough to remember that he did try to do that in the health service. >> yeah, well , no, do that in the health service. >> yeah, well, no, in do that in the health service. >> yeah, well , no, in the health >> yeah, well, no, in the health service, he tried to bring in a sort of a compl
milburn. he'll be a very welcome return to health, which is interesting. now, all tony blair favourites, weren't they? >> well, they were very successful people. i mean actually jacqui smith was gordon brown's appointment as the first female home secretary , actually, female home secretary, actually, but you know, i think these are people who have done the hard yards and they've tackled with and actually, you know, the health service under alan milburn, you could argue. i mean, one of the...
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that's what the last labour government did, and also with some of the alan milburn reforms, which drovey within the nhs and, you know, maybe alan is coming back and alan coming back, but this comes back to the blairites coming back that there's quite a strong influx of, blairites coming back into government having high influence . i'm not having high influence. i'm not sure that's uniformly true. it's not so much blairite. it's experienced ministers. you know, douglas alexander has come back in no sense was he a blairite. he was. he was a brownite. yeah. but you know, people like douglas, people like jackie smith, people like hilary benn, who came back a while ago, people like stephen timms, a really solid performer who understands government, who's come back into government. i think what keir has been doing is choosing people who've got real experience of delivery within government and compare and contrast the experience of government within this new labour government in 1997, there are only two ministers, in one of whom was a cousin of mine. >> lord morris of aberavon, who was related
that's what the last labour government did, and also with some of the alan milburn reforms, which drovey within the nhs and, you know, maybe alan is coming back and alan coming back, but this comes back to the blairites coming back that there's quite a strong influx of, blairites coming back into government having high influence . i'm not having high influence. i'm not sure that's uniformly true. it's not so much blairite. it's experienced ministers. you know, douglas alexander has come back in...
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milburn job to be confirmed on the nhs.qui smith, and douglas alexander, of course, they lived through in 97 when labour did stick to the tory spending plans in 97. so you had this kind of weird 18 months which which was fine. i mean, i'm old enough to remember it was fine in 97 because there was so much kind of joy around the fact that the government wasn't suddenly transforming the health service, they got away with it, and then it was only after the two years of the tory spending plans that they started to pour money into the nhs. they did actually, you know, stealth taxes was the phrase at the time. they kept income tax where it was, but they did other taxes, which again, we might see, over time. so i think actually that's why keir was emphasising at the press conference yesterday, it takes time to turn public services around, not least because they're not going to have the to money spend on it for those for that first couple of years, what they will do is the specific promises vat on school fees will happen, probably p
milburn job to be confirmed on the nhs.qui smith, and douglas alexander, of course, they lived through in 97 when labour did stick to the tory spending plans in 97. so you had this kind of weird 18 months which which was fine. i mean, i'm old enough to remember it was fine in 97 because there was so much kind of joy around the fact that the government wasn't suddenly transforming the health service, they got away with it, and then it was only after the two years of the tory spending plans that...
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former health secretary alan milburn. thank you very much.service chief was now stood down following the trump rally shooting dramatic stuff by martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel welcome back. it's 352. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. in the last half an hour, the director of the us secret service has resigned from her post after the agency was heavily criticised following the assassination attempt on donald trump on july the 13th. kimberly cheatle was subjected to a brutal cross—examination yesterday around about 24 hours ago, before a house committee during which she was accused of cutting corners on the former president's security and was told she would have been culpable if donald trump had been killed. i'm now joined by gb news reporter ray addison rea. we carried this cross—examination on the show yesterday. it was absolutely eviscerating savage . miss eviscerating savage. miss cheatle didn't seem to have any answers to the big questions and lo and behold, she was said at the time, one of the senators said joe biden ne
former health secretary alan milburn. thank you very much.service chief was now stood down following the trump rally shooting dramatic stuff by martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel welcome back. it's 352. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. in the last half an hour, the director of the us secret service has resigned from her post after the agency was heavily criticised following the assassination attempt on donald trump on july the 13th. kimberly cheatle was subjected to a brutal...
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this is alan milburn, known for his closeness to sir tony, supports greater private sector role in the. so it's going to health service. so it's going to be very interesting. it's not the thing that's interesting for me about this. it's like we've never done this before. of course we did a lot of this before between 1997 and 2010. didn't work out so well then. and in the 14 years since, it hasn't worked out very well. then someone's going to have to come up with a radical solution for the. >> but you, paul, are treating it like this is like a normal election. we're not a normal election. we're not a normal election. it's 1939, 1940. the war is the war is happening right now and only we don't see it. so you're sitting there saying, well, why can't he be normal? why? you know, some people are suggesting, let's go to the middle. there is no middle. there's only what we believe and what they believe, andifs believe and what they believe, and it's totally different. if you believe what they believe, go for it. >> but we're in the polarised world. yeah, you're actually right. but, thank you.
this is alan milburn, known for his closeness to sir tony, supports greater private sector role in the. so it's going to health service. so it's going to be very interesting. it's not the thing that's interesting for me about this. it's like we've never done this before. of course we did a lot of this before between 1997 and 2010. didn't work out so well then. and in the 14 years since, it hasn't worked out very well. then someone's going to have to come up with a radical solution for the....
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alan milburn has also been advising wes streeting in the last few months — and possibly longer in factppointments and operations being done almost immediately. they want to see 40,000 extra appointments and operations a week. to put that into context, that's an increase of about 1% to 2%, which doesn't sound a lot. but if they can do that, experts think that would be enough to start making significant inroads into that backlog straight away. but one of the things the health service has struggled with — even over recent years, under the last government — the amount of funding being put in was going up, the amount of staff employed have been going up — but the number of patients they're seeing has barely risen, and that's because of a productivity problem. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol a pleasant day for those of you who have the sunshine but where it has stayed cloudy it has been distinctly cool and if anything it gets cooler more widely over the next few days. blue indicates where temperatures are below average, run the chart through friday into the start that the
alan milburn has also been advising wes streeting in the last few months — and possibly longer in factppointments and operations being done almost immediately. they want to see 40,000 extra appointments and operations a week. to put that into context, that's an increase of about 1% to 2%, which doesn't sound a lot. but if they can do that, experts think that would be enough to start making significant inroads into that backlog straight away. but one of the things the health service has...
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milburn was to do a deal with bupa, the private sector, which they did, and alan milburn told me thehip between labour and the private sector is not a one night stand. well, it'll be interesting to see whether they go down that road again. >> well, that's a great point to bnng >> well, that's a great point to bring up because wes streeting has appeared quite progressive in this private nhs relationship moving forward. of course , tony moving forward. of course, tony blair ushered that in. that was one of the commonalities of 1990, and in one of the debates, sir keir starmer said he would not allow even a relative of his who was in a bad way to go private. so we have the first quandary if wes streeting ticket is actually we're haemorrhaging. the ability to be able to deal with waiting lists. they always say, let's go to specsavers to get your eye set. it seems like a good idea. that's a private partnership of sorts when it comes to actually treating operations. bupa. that's the kind of thing that nigel farage would like to see happen. >> well, i was, i was talking to some people outsi
milburn was to do a deal with bupa, the private sector, which they did, and alan milburn told me thehip between labour and the private sector is not a one night stand. well, it'll be interesting to see whether they go down that road again. >> well, that's a great point to bnng >> well, that's a great point to bring up because wes streeting has appeared quite progressive in this private nhs relationship moving forward. of course , tony moving forward. of course, tony blair ushered...
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and, miller and alan milburn has come out and he's one of his reports and one of his tasks when he wasould be forced to seek work . should be forced to seek work. that's a conservative view, is it not? well, where are the conservatives wrong? was society wrong to indeed look to the reasons why the socioeconomic reasons, the political reasons, the long term sick reasons why people are not working. and he's saying, you know , the gps are saying, you know, the gps are the first point of call. and this is why this story is so important to tie in with what's happening now with the gp surgery, because they're not going to be seen. they're not going to be seen. they're not going to be able to be shown the reasons and the and the process to go out and get a job. and he's actually saying, milburn's actually saying that the nhs should actually capture some of these people and help them back into work. >> is that what they're saying? the long term sick, well, the very nature of 8 million people. but the very nature of that phrase means they're sick, too sick to work. >> well, we don't that's the
and, miller and alan milburn has come out and he's one of his reports and one of his tasks when he wasould be forced to seek work . should be forced to seek work. that's a conservative view, is it not? well, where are the conservatives wrong? was society wrong to indeed look to the reasons why the socioeconomic reasons, the political reasons, the long term sick reasons why people are not working. and he's saying, you know , the gps are saying, you know, the gps are the first point of call. and...
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labour is set to bring back sir tony blair's former health secretary, alan milburn, to help reform thensumer choice will be at the heart of their plans. this comes after their plans. this comes after the prime minister, keir starmer, said in his first press conference that the nhs was broken. labour, in talks with germany over closer eu ties, is the other story and tories deserved to lose, says suella braverman. she said that they deserve their historic election defeat in an intervention that will be seen as laying the groundwork for her own leadership bid. writing in the telegraph, the former home secretary accuses rishi sunak of pursuing an idiotic strategy and suggests that some of her colleagues treated voters like mugs . sunday express pm rwanda mugs. sunday express pm rwanda planned dead and buried sir keir starmer declared the tories flagship rwanda plan dead and buned flagship rwanda plan dead and buried today. he revealed that he had torn up the deal to send asylum seekers to the central african country in his first act as prime minister they are , as prime minister they are,
labour is set to bring back sir tony blair's former health secretary, alan milburn, to help reform thensumer choice will be at the heart of their plans. this comes after their plans. this comes after the prime minister, keir starmer, said in his first press conference that the nhs was broken. labour, in talks with germany over closer eu ties, is the other story and tories deserved to lose, says suella braverman. she said that they deserve their historic election defeat in an intervention that...
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milburn, has issued the government with a report that says the long term sick should be forced to seekat seven out of ten of the economically inactive want to work, but few have any help or requirement to do so. so here he is actually speaking to gb news yesterday. >> if we're going to be able to fuel growth in the british economy, then we've got to get more of those people back into work because otherwise you rely on more and more immigration. and as we know, that has become more and more politically toxic as an issue. >> all right , lee, so what do >> all right, lee, so what do you make of that then? do you think the labour backbenchers will get behind the idea that we've got to give people who are off long term sick a bit of a kick up the backside? >> well, probably not patrick, but just imagine if i'd have said that a few months back. people have been the left would have been leaping on me, but it makes a fair point. there is, a small percentage in this country, a tiny percentage of a work shy sort of culture that will play the old bad back game, i think now they use, mental illnes
milburn, has issued the government with a report that says the long term sick should be forced to seekat seven out of ten of the economically inactive want to work, but few have any help or requirement to do so. so here he is actually speaking to gb news yesterday. >> if we're going to be able to fuel growth in the british economy, then we've got to get more of those people back into work because otherwise you rely on more and more immigration. and as we know, that has become more and...
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the meeting seemed to be positive, and he's also said that alan milburn is likely going to join the laboursecretary, new labour health secretary who tackled the waiting list under tony blair. so these are all some very, very positive rounds. i don't know to what extent it's going to be radical. it depends on how you define radical. if you define radical as left wing, then no, i don't think that's what he's going to do. the sense i'm getting from him is, is the attitude of an experienced manager. >> what might the reform be, whether you describe it as radical or not, what might he do? >> so a big problem is accountability , lack of accountability, lack of ownership and responsibility in the nhs because the nhs is separate from the department of health and social care, you often have a situation where fingers are being pointed at different directions. so what wes streeting wants to do, and i'm not sure yet quite how he's going to do , maybe there will be going to do, maybe there will be some evidence of that on the 17th in the king's speech. or maybe there will be another announcement coming
the meeting seemed to be positive, and he's also said that alan milburn is likely going to join the laboursecretary, new labour health secretary who tackled the waiting list under tony blair. so these are all some very, very positive rounds. i don't know to what extent it's going to be radical. it depends on how you define radical. if you define radical as left wing, then no, i don't think that's what he's going to do. the sense i'm getting from him is, is the attitude of an experienced...
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. >> can i ask you about tony blair in the appointment of alan milburn, who obviously served under blairand yet here he is this week outlining lots of his ideas, putting forward id cards once again. and that's been flatly rejected. tell me a little bit about the thinking behind that and why i've got off to the side of my camera. >> well , look, tony to the side of my camera. >> well, look, tony blair runs his own institute now, the institute for global change, which puts forward policy proposals not just for the uk but for many countries around the world. as with any think tank, we look forward to reading and considering those policy proposals . but on id cards to go proposals. but on id cards to go to your question, the home secretary was very clear over the weekend that that is not the policy of this government. we will not be having id cards, and that's the position. >> well, since you mentioned the home secretary, we've already heard that the rwanda scheme is scrapped and there'll be enormous pressure on the home office to tackle this huge problem with immigration. you'll be aware th
. >> can i ask you about tony blair in the appointment of alan milburn, who obviously served under blairand yet here he is this week outlining lots of his ideas, putting forward id cards once again. and that's been flatly rejected. tell me a little bit about the thinking behind that and why i've got off to the side of my camera. >> well , look, tony to the side of my camera. >> well, look, tony blair runs his own institute now, the institute for global change, which puts...