Lib Dem, Labour and Tory MPs Address Their Key Promises for the Future

Summary

このスクリプトは、自由民主党の副党首が選挙期間中の様々な政治問題に対処する様子を捉えています。彼らはNHSとソーシャルケアの改善を公約に盛り込む一方で、税金の供給源として大銀行や億万長者を指摘しています。また、選挙でのイギリスのEU再加盟に関する公約はなく、現時点では貿易交渉や若者の移動性に関する取り組みが議論されています。さらに、教育や警察の強化もその一環として語られ、政治家は国民の安全や教育に対するコミットメントを強調しています。

Takeaways

• 😔 ライバルデモクラットの副党首は、首相がD-Dayの記念式を欠席した決定を非難し、国民サービスへの忠誠を示すべきだったと述べた。
• 📢 彼らの選挙マニフェストは、NHSとソーシャルケアを救済するために、年間90億ポンドの追加出資を提案し、その資金源は大銀行と億万長者からだと表明した。
• 💰 彼らは所得税や国民保険、VATの引き上げをしないという約束をしており、生活コストの危機中には苦労する家族に税金を増やすことは誤りだと主張している。
• 🏦 財政研究財団（Institute for Fiscal Studies）は、彼らの政策が不正確で、公の出資金を大幅に削減する必要があると警告している。
• 🕊️ 彼らは欧州連合への再加盟を望むが、選挙の焦点はそれではないとし、選挙マニフェストには具体的な再加盟の道は示されていない。
• 🏫 労働党は、すべての小学校に無料でブレイクファーストクラブを設立し、子供たちの出席率や学業成績を向上させると約束し、その費用は非居住者税のループホールを埋めることで賄うとしている。
• 🌱 彼らは3,000を超える小学校内で新的な保育園を開設し、民間学校の税制上の優遇を打ち消すことで資金を調達すると述べた。
• 📉 教育関係者からの報告では、教師の給与は2010年以来平均6％減少し、毎年10％の教師が教育部門を離れていると指摘している。
• 👮‍♂️ 保守党は、次の総選挙に勝利すれば、8,000人の新たな警察官を募集すると約束し、公共安全を強化する政策を示唆している。
• 🏛️ 刑事司法システムの危機が、逮捕活動に影響を与える可能性があるという警官からの警告があったが、現在はそのような措置は必要なくなっていると述べた。
• 📉 治安に関する国民の感情は、実際に起こった犯罪の減少とは別の問題であり、SNSの普及などが影響を与えていると分析している。

Q & A

自由民主党の副党首がD-Dayのお祝いを欠席したことについてどのように考えていますか？

自由民主党の副党首は、その決断が非常に悪いものであり、首相の職に恥をかかせたと述べています。彼は、その決断が政治的理由で利用される危険性があるとは思いません。

自由民主党のマニフェストの主な内容は何ですか？

自由民主党のマニフェストは、NHSとソーシャルケアを救済することを目的としており、GPの数を増やす、がんの生存率を改善する、NHSの歯科医療へのアクセス危機を終わらせるという大きな約束をしています。

自由民主党はどのようにしてそのマニフェストの費用を負担する予定ですか？

自由民主党は、その費用を大銀行と億万長者から得る予定であり、所得税や国民保険、またはVATの引き上げは行わないと述べています。

自由民主党のマニフェストには、欧州連合への再加盟についての言及はありますか？

自由民主党の副党首は、欧州連合への再加盟はその党の政策ですが、今回の選挙の焦点ではないと語っています。

労働党のマニフェストには、プライベートスクールの税制上の特別措置をどう扱う予定ですか？

労働党は、プライベートスクールが享受する税制上の特別措置を終了することで、新たに3,000を超える保育園を設立する資金を調達する予定です。

労働党のマニフェストでは、教育関係者に対する具体的な約束は何ですか？

労働党は、すべての小学校にユニバーサル 無料ブレイクファストクラブを導入し、税制上の特別措置を終了することで教育者を支援する約束をしています。

保守党は次回の総選挙に向けてどのような公約を出していますか？

保守党は、次回の総選挙に勝利すれば、新たに8,000人の警察官を募集する公約を出しています。

現在の英国の犯罪状況はどのようですか？

記録された犯罪は2010年以降全体的に減少しているとされており、特に警察は犯罪者を逮捕し、より長い刑期を科し、危険な人物を街から排除していると述べています。しかし、一部の地域では犯罪に対する感じ方の悪化が報告されています。

自由民主党の副党首は、選挙後の政府での主な課題とは何だと考えていますか？

自由民主党の副党首は、選挙後の政府の主な課題はNHSとソーシャルケアの救済であり、その資金調達は大銀行と億万長者からの税金から行うと述べています。

自由民主党の副党首は、欧州連合への再加盟をいつ実現したいと考えていますか？

自由民主党の副党首は、将来的には欧州連合への再加盟の機会があることを望んでいるが、具体的な時期は現在言えないと語っています。

労働党のマニフェストでは、教育関係者に対する給与に関する約束はありますか？

労働党の陰影教育大臣は、教育者への給与に関する約束を明確にしていないが、教育者へのリスニングと支援、そして彼らの労働環境の改善にコミットしていると述べています。

Outlines

00:00

😔 政治利用とNHS支援の約束

第1段落では、自由民主党の副党首が政治利用の危険性について話しました。彼は、現在の首相の決断がNHSと社会ケアの危機を招いたと非難し、選挙宣言の発行について語りました。宣言では、GPの数を増やし、がんの生存率を改善し、歯科医療へのアクセス難問題を解決する大胆な約束が含まれています。これらの政策は、年間90億ポンドの追加費用を要すると言われていますが、その資金源は大銀行や億万長者からの徴収になると説明しています。

05:01

😠 税金の負担とEUへの再加盟の意向

第2段落では、副党首が選挙宣言の内容と税金の負担に関する質問に答えています。彼は、所得税や国民保険、VATの引き上げをしない方針を示し、大企業やテック企業、水道会社、石油ガス企業からの増税を提唱しています。また、EUへの再加盟についての党の政策や選挙での重要性についても触れられましたが、選挙の焦点はNHSや生活コスト危機の解決にあると強調しました。

10:03

📚 教育政策と子供たちの未来

第3段落では、教育に関する議論が行われています。労働党の影の教育大臣が、すべての小学校に無料で朝食クラブを提供する計画や、私立学校の税制上の優遇を打ち消して托児所を開設する約束について話しました。これらの政策は、教育の質を向上させると同時に、子供たちの出席率や学習成果を改善することを目的としています。

15:04

👮‍♂️ 警察の配置と犯罪対策

第4段落では、保守党の公安大臣が警察の配置に関する議論に参加しています。彼は、首相がD-Day記念式を欠席したことについて謝罪し、首相が公務員として働くことに献身していることを強調しました。また、警察の数は増加し、犯罪は減少していると主張していますが、実際には犯罪の報告が増えている地域もあると指摘しています。

20:05

🏢 监狱の状況と刑事司法制度

第5段落では、监狱の状況と刑事司法制度に関する議論がされています。警察の逮捕活動が増加したことから、一時期は监狱の収容能力に圧力がかかったとされており、その対策として新しい政策が導入されました。また、警察官の数は人口増加に追い付かず、犯罪は減少しているとされつつも、社会賢媒を通じて犯罪に対する感じ方の変化が指摘されています。

25:05

🚔 警察の配置と市民の安全

第6段落では、警察の配置と市民の安全に関する議論がされています。警察官の数は増加しているが、犯罪の報告が増加している地域もあるとされ、市民が感じる安全と実際の犯罪統計とのギャップが指摘されています。また、Sadiq Khan氏がロンドンのknife crime問題と結びつけて批判されており、保守党はこの問題に対処するための政策を提唱しています。

Keywords

💡リベラル民主党

英国の政党の一つで、中道的な政策を提唱する。このビデオでは、リベラル民主党の副党首が政治的な議論に参加しており、彼らの政策や価値観が議論の中心となっています。

💡政治的利用

特定の出来事や問題を政治的な目的で使用することを指し、ビデオの中では、政治家が過去の出来事をどのように扱うかが議論されています。

💡NHS（National Health Service）

イギリスの公的医療サービスを指し、ビデオではリベラル民主党がNHSとソーシャルケアをどのように支援するかが強調されています。

💡マニフェスト

政党が選挙に向けて発表する政策プラットフォームを指し、ビデオではリベラル民主党のマニフェストが議論の焦点となっています。

💡税金

政治家が国民に課す法定の料金を指し、ビデオではリベラル民主党が税金をどう使うかが議論されています。

💡生活コスト危機

物価高や生活費用の増加によって国民が直面する困難を指し、ビデオでは政治家がこの問題にどのように対応するかが議論されています。

💡教育

ビデオでは、教育政策が重要な議題として取り上げられており、労働党の教育政策が特に焦点となっています。

💡私立学校

民間経営の学校を指し、ビデオでは私立学校の税制上の特典が議論されており、それがどのように教育政策に影響するかが説明されています。

💡警察

ビデオでは、警察の数や活動、そして彼らが直面する課題が議論されています。また、保守党が警察官の数を増やすことを公約に掲げていることも触れられています。

💡選挙

国民が政治代表者を選ぶプロセスを指し、ビデオ全体を通して、選挙期間中の様々な政治議論や公約が取り上げられています。

💡イギリスのEU離脱

イギリスが欧州連合から離脱することを指し、ビデオではリベラル民主党のEU離脱に関する立場や政策が議論されています。

Highlights

The Liberal Democrats' Deputy Leader criticizes Rishi Sunak's decision, calling it terrible and shameful for leaving D-Day celebrations.

The Liberal Democrats' Manifesto focuses on saving the NHS and social care, with pledges to boost GP numbers, improve cancer survival rates, and end the access crisis to NHS dentists.

The Liberal Democrats plan to fund their NHS and social care improvements by taxing big banks and billionaires, not by raising taxes on ordinary people.

The Liberal Democrats' policy position on Europe is to rejoin the EU, but this election focuses on immediate issues like the NHS and social care.

The Liberal Democrats aim to renegotiate the existing Brexit deal to reduce red tape for small businesses and improve various trade and mobility agreements.

Labour pledges to provide free school breakfast clubs for all primary school pupils, funded by closing non-dom tax status loopholes and clamping down on tax avoidance.

Labour plans to create 100,000 new nursery places by opening over 3,000 nurseries within primary schools, funded by ending tax breaks for private schools.

Labour's strategy for education includes improving attendance, learning, and academic outcomes through universal free breakfast clubs and more nursery places.

Labour aims to recruit more teachers and provide better mental health support in schools using funds from ending private school tax breaks.

Labour acknowledges falling pupil numbers in primary schools and plans to upgrade and utilize the space for new nurseries.

The Conservatives plan to recruit an additional 8,000 new police officers if they win the next general election.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized for missing a D-Day commemoration event, acknowledging it was a mistake and expressing regret.

The government commits to spending 2.5% of GDP on defense expenditure, with a focus on supporting veterans and the armed services.

The policing minister emphasizes record police numbers and new technology like facial recognition to catch more criminals.

Despite falling crime rates according to the crime survey, there is a public perception of increased crime, partly due to social media magnifying incidents.

Transcripts

the liberal Democrats Deputy leader uh

joins us now uh very good morning to you

uh it was very moving what you said uh

the issue I suppose is um is there a

danger of exploiting this for political

reasons I don't think anybody's

exploiting what happened the fact is

that this was rishy Sun's decision and I

think it was a terrible decision and I

think we're all within our rights to say

that he's brought shame on the Office of

Prime Minister and that many of us who

do have a connection to people who

served uh in the Army at that time who

were ordinary folk who did their Duty

and ran towards danger and death I think

many of us were very personally that it

was a terrible thing to do to leave

those D-Day

celebrations it's Manifesto week this

week so um you are launching your

Manifesto today

we have to be honest don't we about the

fact that things are going to cost a lot

of

money tell us what you're going to

promise the

electorate and where you're going to

find the money to do

it well we're launching our Manifesto

today and uh unashamedly the liberal

Democrat Manifesto is a Manifesto to

save our NHS and social care we have big

bold pledges to boost GP numbers to

improve cancer survival rates and end

the access um crisis to NHS dentists and

we are being honest with the public

about that we know that it's going to

cost us an additional 9 billion PS per

year um and we're setting out today

where that money is going to come from

it's going to come from the big Banks

and from the

billionaires so you're saying no rise in

income tax or national insurance or vat

it's possible to do all the things you

want to do in your Manifesto while

saying to um to Ordinary People to

working people to all of us we haven't

got to pay any more tax that's

absolutely right liberal Democrats have

said time and time again it would be

absolutely the wrong thing to do to

raise taxes on struggling families

during a cost of living crisis I knock

on hundreds of doors every week and I

speak to people who are barely coping

with the cost of living crisis and

that's why liberal Democrats are saying

we should be looking to places like the

big Banks the big tech companies the big

water companies the big oil and gas

companies many of whom are raking in

billions and billions of pounds in

profits and small increases for them

could help struggling families and

improve our Public Services the

independent Institute fiscal studies

says that you are wrong about this and

labor and the conservatives they say the

ifs there is a conspiracy of Silence

they say that there are huge cuts in

public spending coming and you making

these promises on tax is just dishonest

and that people are going to have to pay

more and you should just own up to that

rather than pretending that some somehow

we can have better public services and

save the NHS and social care without

anybody paying any more tax they say

that you're calling people well there's

no conspiracy of Silence here uh the

liberal Democrats are publishing our

Manifesto today and we'll set out in

detail um a fully costed Manifesto I'm

here this morning talking to you and

your viewers to be very very honest and

very clear about where the money will

come from Liberal Democrats do want to

spend an additional 9 billion per year

to save our NHS and social care and

we're setting out how we'll find that

money it will come from the big Banks

and the billionaires is there also a

conspiracy of Silence from the liberal

Democrats on Europe because your party's

policy position is to rejoin the

European Union and yet you don't ever

want to to say that uh I bet it's not in

your Manifesto even though it's your

party policy well you'll see what's in

our Manifesto by midm morning today um

but you know we're not uh embarrassed

about this at all the fact is one of the

reasons I'm a liberal is because I'm an

internationalist it's no uh Secret that

liberal Democrats want the UK to be back

in the hearts of Europe again but no

such deal of any kind is on the table

and that isn't what this election is

about when I speak to ordinary folk on a

day-to-day basis they tell me that what

they want to hear from their politicians

is a plan to fix our NHS and social care

a plan to tackle the cost of living

crisis and a plan to protect our local

environment and that's precisely what

the liberal Democrats are publishing

today so it is your policy to rejoin the

European Union but that's not what the

election is about the election isn't

about that and no such deal is on the

table the fact of the matter is there

are things we could be doing right now

which quite frankly the conservative

government should have been doing we

could renegotiate the existing botch

brexit deal to tear down the red tape

that's currently strangling our small

businesses we could have a Mobility

scheme for young people so they can

travel and study in other European

countries we could have Veterinary

agreements plant agreements we could

renegotiate those terrible trade deals

with Australia and New Zealand which are

undercutting our Farmers those are the

kind of things that we could be doing

right now as a country these are the

kind of things democat want to get on

with so so let's just establish because

previous campaigns under previous

leaders have used rather fruity language

about brexit and uh what your

predecessors uh thought about it so are

you saying that you would not take us

back into the European Union you would

simply Tinker with the various

individual deals that we've been left

with as a result of

brexit we are the only uk-wide party to

publish a road map as to how we want to

rebuild our relationship with the EU but

we shouldn't be in any doubt about just

how damaged that relationship is not

least from the sort of tweeting

diplomacy that we had from Boris Johnson

and Liz truss um of course we want to be

back in the heart of Europe again one

day but that's a long-term how would you

do that as a government if you were

elected would you hold another

referendum look that's a decision and a

conversation for another day what we're

talking about is Manifesto day literally

today Manifesto how can you say that's

not for today I mean if you're telling

us you want to rejoin the European Union

which is perfectly fine you got to kind

of be honest with us you can't say it's

not for today we want to be at the heart

of Europe but let's not talk about that

let's talk about something else we want

to know the answer to this question if

you want to be back at the heart of

Europe eventually you just got to say

that's what I want and that means

rejoining the European Union and we'll

do it when we can I mean is that what

your ouro our Manifesto is setting out

what we would do in the next Parliament

and what we do in the next Parliament is

improve the existing trade deal sort out

the trade deals with other countries

have these Mobility schemes for uh young

people to travel and work around Europe

but fundamentally this election is about

the NHS and that's why our Manifesto

Parliament

after well it's at some point in the

future and you can't ever predict what

the world's going to look like the

result you shape it and that's the whole

point of campaigning to be in government

look the reason that I'm asking on

behalf or we're asking on behalf of

voters it's because a lot of Voters

wonder why brexit is not a big deal in

this election why every single party

seems to sidestep brexit and they might

there might be viewers out there who

think they would like to vote for a

party that would take us back into the

European Union but from what you're

saying even though you say you don't

want to talk about it even though you're

not revealing all the details of the

manifesto because despite the fact today

is your Manifesto day we have to wait

until midm morning what we're asking is

if viewers voted for a libdem government

would they would you have a second

referendum on brexit or would you aim to

take us back into the EU if you got into

the government in the next Parliament

what we would like to do is to

renegotiate the existing trade deal that

has wrapped up our small businesses but

let's be clear now can we just be clear

is your answer no next Parliament no if

we got into government no no referendum

no plan to take the UK back into the you

there is no such option on the table so

no that's not going to happen in you

could put the option on the table so are

you saying no no in the next Parliament

it's not going to be on the table but

let me be clear about this right now you

want you ask why people aren't talking

about this issue so much my

internationalist of credentials and

passion hasn't wavered at all but people

are in a state of Crisis people's lives

are in crisis families are in crisis

because our NHS and social care isn't

working Daisy Cooper we would we would

we would so love you to be clear about

that I wean we really want you to be

clear more c a very simple question as

Deputy leader of the liberal Democrats

at some point in the future do you want

Britain to rejoin the European Union at

some point in the future obviously I

hope that we might have that opportunity

but that is not what's on the

table election in than four weeks that

definitely failed the clear test it's a

really simple question in the future at

some point this Parliament or the next

would you like Britain to rejoin the

European Union is that yes or no look

I've been I have been clear about this

the UK you really haven't yet but I feel

as though I feel as though we're

teaching we're teaching on the brink of

clarity we're almost there I mean just

say yes or no I think it's yes yes is

fine let let let me answer your question

clear again because we're going to all

explode I'm happy to answer your

question we do want the UK to be back at

the heart of Europe one day but that is

not on the ballot paper in four weeks

time we have set out what we want to do

in the next Parliament and who knows

where that's going to end up just look

at the results that we've had across

Europe in the last 24 hours we we're

living in a very uncertain world it's

impossible to say when we might have the

opportunity to renegotiate having a

closer relationship with Europe whether

that's a single Market or full

membership but I think what millions of

people around the country want to know

right now is what the liberal Democrats

are offering on the ballot paper this

time round and what I'm saying to you is

our number one issue is saving our NHS

and social care Daisy Cooper thank you

very much indeed thank you very much

they say that SL School absences and

save parents over £400 a year thanks to

their pledge to provide free School

breakfast clubs for all Primary School

pupils yes they say the plan will cost

£365 million the Tories claim the true

figure is up to four times more we're

joined Now by The Shadow education

secretary Bridget philipsson good to see

you this morning Bridget philipson uh

back in the classroom it seems um how

are you going to pay for this

so we'll deliver Universal free

breakfast clubs in every Primary School

in England and we'll pay for it by

closing the loopholes around non-dom tax

datus and by clamping down on tax

avoidance as Rachel Reeves has set out I

think it's incredibly important that we

set up our children to succeed and the

evidence is really clear that breakfast

clubs don't just provide extra help for

parents at the start of the school day

but also uh deliver improved attendance

learning and academic outcomes and we

know that after the pandemic a lot of

our children have struggled uh and this

is an investment that a labor government

would make to secure our children's

feutures um The Guardian reporting this

morning that you're pledging to create

100,000 new Nursery places as well can

you confirm

that absolutely we'll create 100,000 new

Nursery places by opening over 3,000

nurseries within primary schools we'll

do that by ending the tax breaks that

private schools enjoy and we'll put that

money directly into delivering the child

care places that parents desperate need

and also to drive up standards in our

schools as well because too many

children are arriving at reception not

ready to learn and not ready to benefit

from a brilliant education so this is

about the impact that we can make in the

early years okay people will start to

hear that certain pots of money are

going to be used for increasingly large

numbers of things so for instance that

that on private school fees uh it was

understood that was going to buy in more

than 6,000 teachers

at State schools um improving funding

for schools and mental health counseling

are you now going to eek that out too

far if you're going to pledge a 100,000

Nursery places as

well no this is all fully funded and

fully costed and is within the estimate

that the independent Institute for

fiscal Studies have set out in terms of

what this policy will raise around

ending the tax breaks that private

schools enjoy so they say it's 1.3 to

1.5 billion pounds net and we'll use

that money to deliver 6 and a half

thousand new teachers more mental health

support in our schools and what I'm

setting out today around Labor's plan to

deliver more than 3,000 new nurseries

within primary schools using the space

that's opening up because of falling

pupil numbers to upgrade that space to

create more child care places and to

give children a really brilliant start

in life what uh the other issue that has

come out of this is is that if the

number number of parents who see your

plan to tax their private school fees

they go right we can't afford to send

our kids to private school anymore

they're going to whip their kids out of

private school and pop them into their

local state school now Emily Thornbury

was asked about this of course your

colleague in the labor party um and uh

she acknowledged this is going to be a

huge problem for State schools let's

have a listen so we've got more children

going in to have uh breakfast we've got

more teachers that you're buying uh with

levying this tax we've got mental health

counseling we've got a 100,000 Nursery

places and we have more children in

classes for teachers to have to teach

and control this doesn't look like it's

going to add

up so I'm afraid that Emily wasn't

correct in what she said just there

partly because actually the number of

students arriving at State schools is

falling so take private uh take primary

schools for example there are currently

6 and a half thousand spare places in

primary schools that's due to rise to

800,000 by 2027 and the situation right

across the country is falling pupil

numbers but in addition to that if you

look at the work that the insute for

fiscal Studies have done the independent

institut it's the pattern that's

happening right across the country and

will continue to happen we're going to

be in a position actually where schools

will be merging and closing because of

the very low birth rate that we see at

the moment but alongside that the

institute for fiscal Studies have set

out how they anticipate there'll be

little effect in terms of movement but

even if there were any changes it would

still raise 1.3 to 1.5 billion pounds

all of our plans are within that

envelope everything is fully funded and

fully costed we know it's really

important to voters they can have

confidence that we are clear about how

we will pay for policies and are clear

about how we will deliver them and

precisely on Nursery classes we' set out

how we will do that alongside it we'll

in the first year of the labor

government we have an early year

strategy to make this a really big focus

of our work it would be my number one

priority if I were education secretary

because all of the evidence is clear

that we have to support children when

they're young it has the biggest impact

on their

life the difference as well as to voters

can I ask you about um I mean you've

been clear about your priorities there

breakfast clubs um recruiting extra

teachers can I ask you about existing

teachers in the state school system

there's a report last week from The

Institute FAL studies which said that

teachers since 2010 have seen their

earnings on average Fall by 6% where in

the population that they've gone up that

one in 10 teachers are leaving the state

sector every year that it's more

experienced teachers who've seen a huge

uh an over 10% fall in their real pay in

your priorities and your Manifesto are

you allocating any funded and costed

money for existing teachers to keep them

in teaching what are you going to do

about teachers pay

I recognize that it's a really big

Challenge and it's one that has got

worse over the last 14 years under the

conservatives you'll know that under the

last Labor government we made sure that

teachers were properly supported we need

to reset and rebuild that relationship

between government uh and schools and

particularly the teaching profession

they

felt under appreciated in recent years

but in the manest priority you're

allocating money for is the question I'm

asking you'll know I'm not going to talk

about the manifesto but what we've said

and that will come in due course what

we've said already is that we will

deliver a teacher training entitlement

to make sure that teachers have got the

opportunity to develop their skills and

progress in the classroom but what I

hear from teachers as well right across

the country is that part of the workload

pressure they're facing at the moment is

those wider challenges around families

and schools so actually if we take

action on mental health and make sure

there's proper support if we make sure

that children aren't experiencing uh the

situation where they turn up hungry at

the start of the school day that would

make the job of teachers a lot better

and a lot easier and my commitment to

the teaching Workforce and our school

staff right across the country is that

if I'm the education secretary and the

next Labor government I will listen to

them I will take their concerns

seriously and I will take action I can't

make commitments on pay of course I

can't the economy is in a terrible mess

but there will be a different tone a

different approach and we will value and

respect their work we will not deride

them we will not talk them down in the

way the government currently does that

and that's School leaders too who I know

are working really hard

pressure want government on their side

you listen to them and if they ask for

more money what will you

say I'll say what I've said when I've

visited schools across the country that

we will invest uh by ending the tax

breaks that private schools enjoy that's

an immediate down payment uh and

investment directly into our schools but

we've got to get our economy growing if

we're going to have more money to invest

because the last Labor government grew

the economy there was more money to put

into our schools and hospitals and

that's why Rachel Reeves has has made

economic growth such an important

priority but I think teachers and school

leaders recognize like everybody else

how difficult things have become in the

economy but they want to see real and

deliverable change like more mental

health support like support around

progression and development and like the

breakfast club's policy that we're

setting out that's really popular among

School staff as well as parents yeah all

right thank you very much indeed we more

children into those teachers classrooms

of course uh because as a result of that

that policy in private schools the

conservatives say they would recruit an

additional 8,000 new police officers if

they win the next general election and

the policing Minister Chris philp joins

us now from Westminister of course it's

Manifesto week Mr F we ought to be

talking um about your um your

commitments to come but we're going to

have to start I'm afraid on the events

of last week uh and the prime minister's

um failure to stay for um the D-Day

commemoration the photo call with the

president of France the president of of

America Joe Biden um Chancellor Schulz I

mean a decision was made that this was

not a priority didn't happen by mistake

but it was a decision in

retrospect how do you feel about that

decision well clearly it was a mistake

uh and the Prime Minister apologized the

next morning for that and as obviously

you all know it's quite rare for senior

politicians uh to make an immediate and

fullsome apology but the Prime Minister

did so on this occasion because he

realized that he should have been at the

event hosted by President macron just

for context he did of course attend all

of the events in the UK in Portsmouth

the previous day last Wednesday meeting

veterans he attended the events in

Normandy hosted by the UK government

again meeting British veterans and uh

attending the memorial which the British

government funded over there um but he

should have attended the event hosted by

President macron as well and uh the

Minister apologized femely the following

day and I think that was the right thing

to do no one can doubt his commitment to

Veterans we've got a veterans minister

in the cabinet for the first time ever

we've got you know more support for

veterans via the Armed Forces Covenant

we've committed to spending 2 and a

half% of GDP on defense expenditure

which labor haven't matched that's in

excess of our NATO commitment so no one

can doubt Rishi Sak's uh commitment to

the armed services and to vet is Mr Phil

people doubt exactly that and one of the

things that people say is if you're

having to explain it away then you're

losing the argument I mean on the one

hand you've lost the respect of that

generation who put their lives on the

line saw their comrades die couldn't see

the Prime Minister stay for the whole

day and on the other hand you've lost

the respect of the 18year olds and above

who wonder why you're asking them to

spend a year of their lives doing

national service when the Prime Minister

can't can't do a whole day paying his

own national service who won in this

D-Day disaster well look it was a

mistake and the Prime Minister

apologized immediately for that which is

as I said pretty rare in politics but

you mentioned the point about service I

mean whatever whatever your politics are

I think everybody would agree Rishi

sunak is someone who works incredibly

hard for our country who is dedicated to

Public Service who has supported

veterans through the armed services

Covenant strengthening that having

Johnny in the cabinet uh and supporting

the military with the increased defense

expenditure no one question terrible

lack of judgment as a prime minister

representing us on the national stage or

was it his advisers who he's made the

mistake of listening to well I I mean I

don't know uh sort of inside inside the

room as as Edward say on his um

excellent podcast I don't know who would

uh who was saying what and Whose advice

was given to who um but look it was a it

was a mistake and he's apologized Mr

Phil just interrupt you there because

you know I'm trying to help you here um

I ask how you

feel and I think saying it's a mistake

isn't enough lots of people feel very

upset and I just wondered how did you

feel on the day how do you think the

Prime Minister feels about it now

because I'm not sure whether saying it's

a mistake quite quite quite gets there

well I mean I haven't I haven't spoken

to him we' exchanged text messages but I

haven't spoken to him uh directly so I I

I he hasn't told me he feels but I but I

but I imagine well I imagine that the

Prime Minister deeply regrets missing

that event he is completely committed to

I mean you would accept this I think

he's completely committed to Public

Service he's completely committed to

this country when gold Brown made a

mistake about Mrs Duffy in 2010 I

remember that moment it was mortifying I

was I I felt I felt horror I felt horror

for him I know how upset he was but I

just remember feeling like sick inside

that this was one of those those

mistakes I just wonder how did you feel

um well look I said it was it was a real

mistake and I you know I I personally I

I look I personally uh you know really

support our armed services the Prime

Minister I mean just to say the point

again he should have been there and he's

recognized that and it and as you will

know um it takes a lot for a politician

to apologize in the middle of a general

election campaign immediately but that's

what he did because he felt I think he

recognized immediately um that you know

wasn't after you know media pressure it

was immediate he recognized he should

have been there um and that's why he

apologized straight away but he has done

he has done more than any other prime

minister and Chancellor I think to

support our veterans and support our

armed services and it's that substance

which is important as well but he should

have been there and he's apologized can

I ask you about the state of um policing

and criminal justice I think an

important thing to say that you are

still the policing Minister people don't

stop being ministers during an election

campaign even though you're seeking

reelection a couple of weeks ago um

there was a letter from the senior

police officer saying that because of

the crisis in our prison places um there

was to be um to be fewer arrests and

then you then made a statement to the

House of Commons saying that actually

that pressure is easing somewhat and

therefore you didn't need to go ahead

with that advice not to arrest people I

just wondered what is the state of the

crisis in our prisons today this this

week um is it are things under control

or is there a possibility you might need

to to revive that advice not to arrest

people well um I haven't received any

official briefing um suggesting there is

a problem uh as I sit here today there

was a period of eight days about 3 weeks

ago while we waited for a new policy

measure to come in when there was some

pressure and there was a concern that

that might have an impact on policing

thankfully as I said to Parliament at

the time in the event um those

contingency measures were not needed and

the system uh you arrests obviously

continued uh to be made the police have

always been clear they will continue uh

to arrest criminal so that 8-day period

uh there was a concern but actually it

didn't it didn't crystallize in the way

that had been feared and the new measure

came into force and that released

pressure looking for now on Election Day

there's no possibility of that being

something that you as a minister have to

look at again well see running the

prison system is a Ministry of Justice

uh matter I look after police but

looking looking forward kind of more

widely we're in the middle of building

20,000 extra uh prison places 5,900 of

those will be on stream by the end of

next year and they're constantly

refurbishing prison sales they add these

things called rapid deployment CES rdc's

to create more capacity because the

police have successfully arrested so

many people in the last uh couple of

years uh we now have more people in

prison than ever before um often serving

longer sentences as well keeping

dangerous people um off our streets and

I'm as police Minister I've supported

the police record police numbers I've

supported them with new technology like

facial recognition and live facial

recognition to catch ever increasing

numbers of criminals so that's a good

thing I fully support the police in

doing that um just like to point out the

number of police officers has not kept

up with the population growth since

2010 um population growth up around 8.5%

number of police officers only increased

by

2.4% but crime has fallen crime has

fallen in that period according to the

crime survey and we do have record ever

police numbers 100 last year 149,000

officers before we let you go do you

think people feel safer now than when

people when you came into government

people feel safer on the streets that's

a really good question so let me with s

of the facts and then with the emotion

the facts are I asked about the how

people but the facts are important too

so I'm going to talk about the feeling

second crime recorded by police in the

year ending 2023 increased by 7% a

number of robberies involving a knife or

sharp in instrument up

20% offenses sord to the highest level

car theft vehicle theft increased by 17%

so report so reported crime and recorded

crime in some areas that by the way

those knife crime figures are mostly

driven by London under sadik Khan if you

take out London uh the knife crime

figures are much better but recorded

crime depends on people's propensity to

report it and the police's um sort of uh

accuracy in recording the office for

National statistics say the best measure

is the crime survey and according to the

crime survey crime has come down since

2010 but there is a perception a feeling

that you mentioned and even though crime

has demonstrably gone down according to

the crime survey sometimes people don't

feel so safe and that is partly because

of uh social media so events you know an

incident like a knife crime incident

gets sort of magnified across social

media in a way that wasn't the case even

five years ago certainly uh 10 years ago

and there are particular places like

London under Sadi Khan where there is a

excuse me I've got a bit of a cold a

particular a particular knife crime

problem but overall crime has gone down

okay sadik Khan the mayor who's just

been reelected as the mayor of London

but um Chris pH thanks very much thank

you indeed do you feel safer let us know