Summary
The National Care Service is delayed and the build-up to Holyrood 2026 continues. With the announcement that the National Care Service has been delayed, but not dropped according to the Scottish Government, and the original vision set out by former First Minister Sturgeon looking further away, what might be the fate of the National Care Service in Scotland, and might there be a UK version like Labour set out in its manifesto? Plus, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has caused a stir by putting his name forward to stand as an MSP in the 2026 Holyrood election, while also hoping to stay on as an MP in Westminster, and the Labour government frets over potential Trump tariffs.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.9 | Hello, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:15.5 | that brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. |
| 0:19.2 | It's just after 2 o'clock on Thursday the 14th of November. |
| 0:22.8 | I'm Phil Sim, a journalist based at the Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:25.3 | And today I'm joined by. |
| 0:26.7 | I'm Lindsay Buse, a journalist also based at the Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:29.8 | And I'm David Porter, BBC Scotland's Westminster correspondent. |
| 0:33.1 | Hello to both you. |
| 0:34.4 | Feels like quite a busy week in politics. |
| 0:36.1 | We've got a packed show today. |
| 0:38.0 | Lots and lots going on to keep us busy running around the place. Lindsay, I was going to start |
| 0:42.4 | here at Holyrood because there's been so excitement this morning, maybe excitement's the wrong |
| 0:47.2 | word, about the fate of the National Care Service. People have been running around in circles |
| 0:51.4 | about what's actually happening there because we've, obviously, it's something we've covered over a long period, |
| 0:56.9 | the way the National Care Service has dwindled from the vision set out by Nicola Sturgeon in 2021. |
| 1:02.1 | It's been scaled back again and again. |
| 1:04.2 | And it was announced this morning that it's been delayed again, but there's also been this big stushy about whether or not it's actually just been binned entirely. |
| 1:10.5 | Yeah, that's right. but there's also been this big stush about whether or not it's actually just been binged entirely. |
| 1:11.6 | Yeah, that's right. |
| 1:16.5 | The Health Committee here at Parliament that's looking at this legislation that would bring in this flagship policy for the Scottish Government of a National Care Service had received a letter |
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