lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the green party has launched its plans for the nhs, pledging an extra £30 billion a year for the health service in england by 2030. there'd also be £20 billion for social care. they say the money would come from asking the "very richest" to pay more tax, and extending windfall taxes on oil and gas companies. we all value our nhs, and the green party is the only party being honest in this election about the level of funding that's going to be needed, and being honest that we're going to need to ask the richest in society, including the multimillionaires, the billionaires, to pay modestly more in tax in a way that could raise the funding that's needed to protect our nhs. and for more on today's election news, you can join kirsty a little later, on newsnight. live on newsnight tonight, what is the farage effect on the election and what are the big political party
confusion about this. so they were going _ confusion about this. so they were going to _ confusion about this. so they were going to rewrite the equality act. the other— going to rewrite the equality act. the other parties, the lib dems and say, actually, you don't need to do that because there's already provision in the law that there can be single — provision in the law that there can be single sets spaces can we just need _ be single sets spaces can we just need to— be single sets spaces can we just need to assure, they accuse the conservatives stoking up tensions about _ conservatives stoking up tensions about this — conservatives stoking up tensions about this issue, creating culture wars: _ about this issue, creating culture wars, said — about this issue, creating culture wars, said it was a completely unnecessary thing and the other part of this, _ unnecessary thing and the other part of this, actually, is that the conservatives also said that when it comes— conservatives also said that when it comes to this issue, legislation should — comes to this issue, legislation should be — comes to this issue, legislation should be made in westminster. now, you can _ should be made in westminster. now, you can imagine that left the snp pretty— you can imagine that left the snp pretty unhappy because the snp said it should _ pretty unhappy because the snp said it should be up to the governments of devolved nations to have a say in this process — of devolved nations to have a say in this process as well and you will remember— this process as well and you will remember there was this process as well and you will rememberthere was a this process as well and you will remember there was a back—and—forth in scotland _ remember there was a back—and—forth in scotland when the scottish government tried to change the law on this— government tried to change the law on this to _ government tried to change the law on this to make it easier for people to change _ on this to make it easier for people to change their legal sex and it was blocked _ to change their legal sex and it was blocked by— to change their legal sex and it was blocked by westminster in the end. a bit of pushback as well. that was a long—winded way of saying that's what _ long—winded way of saying that's what the — long—winded way of saying that's what the conservatives wanted to talk about, but as so often happens in electioh— talk about, but as so often happens in election campaigns, that was taken _ in election campaigns, that was taken over— in election campaigns, that was taken over later in the day by that nigel— taken over later in the day by that nigel farage mu. —— nigel farage.|
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