Government Borrowing Is Now MUCH WORSE Than Before | Edwina Currie

Description: Former Health Minister Edwina Currie joins Mike Graham on The Mike Graham Show to discuss the legacy of Esther Rantzen, the BBC’s future and the political debate surrounding Andy Burnham. Currie, who served as Conservative MP for South Derbyshire from 1983 to 1997 and as a junior health minister, reflects on working with Rantzen on organ donation campaigns and her impact through Childline and Silver Line. UK Parliament She also argues that the BBC is failing older audiences, backs ending the licence fee and discusses why traditional broadcasters are losing ground to YouTube. The conversation then turns to Andy Burnham’s proposed National Care Service, the triple lock, government borrowing, welfare spending, the civil service and pressures across the criminal justice system.

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