NHS, Swiss-style EU relations, housing | Steve Barclay, Jonathan Ashworth, Kwajo Tweneboa
Sophy Ridge On Sunday
Sky News
4.2 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Sophy speaks to Health Secretary Steve Barclay about the planned strike by nurses and winter pressures on the NHS. Mr Barclay says demands from the Royal College of Nursing for an above-inflation pay rise are "unreasonable".
Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth calls for more talks about the strike.
Plus, social housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa joins Sophy to discuss the story of Awaab Ishak – the two-year old boy who died from a respiratory condition caused by exposure to mould in his family's flat.
To discuss those interviews for the podcast, Sophy is joined by Daily Mirror political editor John Stevens and programme producer Scott Beasley.
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| 0:00.0 | The world is becoming increasingly complex and volatile. |
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| 0:04.9 | I'm Richard Engelt. |
| 0:05.7 | And I'm Yalda Hakim. |
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| 0:31.1 | Hello and welcome to the Safer Ridge on Sunday podcast. |
| 0:34.5 | Ahead of a really difficult winter for the NHS and of course that looming |
| 0:38.0 | strike by nurses. We have the Health Secretary Steve Barclay on the podcast. |
| 0:42.3 | Well, my opinion is we have a process through the independent pay review body. That is why |
| 0:46.3 | last year nurses got 3% when the rest of the public sector had a pay freeze. |
| 0:51.3 | We also have the Labor, the shadow work and pension secretary, Jonathan Ashworth. |
| 0:55.1 | The book stops with the Health Secretary. |
| 0:57.4 | If he wants to avoid industrial action this winter, he has to get those trade unions in his office. |
| 1:04.8 | Now, to talk about the interviews and discuss some of the analysis as well, we're joined as |
| 1:08.8 | usual by the show editor Scott Beasley. Hi, Scott. |
| 1:11.9 | Hi, Sophie. Hey, Dan. And we're also joined by the Mirrors Scoop Machine and political editor John Stevens. |
| 1:18.2 | Lovely to have you here. Hi, Sophie. If you've only just found us, the idea is every week we talk over the big interviews from my Sunday program, but we also give you something extra on |
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