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| PMQs verdict: Corbyn gets better of May over social care PMQs verdict: Corbyn gets better of May over social care | |
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| Key points | Key points |
| After paying tribute to the late MP Jo Cox and urging those watching to download the charity single in her honour, Jeremy Corbyn devoted his questions to the prime minister to social care. He urged Theresa May to accept that there is a crisis, with 1.2 million people not getting the care they need, and asked how much was cut from the social care budget in the last parliament. When May avoided the question, Corbyn gave the answer – £4.6bn. May responded that the last Labour government had vowed to tackle social care when it came to power in 1997, and despite the delivery of a number of reports had made no progress: “Thirteen years and no action whatsoever.” | After paying tribute to the late MP Jo Cox and urging those watching to download the charity single in her honour, Jeremy Corbyn devoted his questions to the prime minister to social care. He urged Theresa May to accept that there is a crisis, with 1.2 million people not getting the care they need, and asked how much was cut from the social care budget in the last parliament. When May avoided the question, Corbyn gave the answer – £4.6bn. May responded that the last Labour government had vowed to tackle social care when it came to power in 1997, and despite the delivery of a number of reports had made no progress: “Thirteen years and no action whatsoever.” |
| The Greens’ Caroline Lucas asked May to consider rail travellers in her constituency, Brighton, suffering from the current strike. Saying that the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, has no intention of dealing with this, Lucas asked whether May would sack him and strip GTR of the Southern Rail franchise. May retorted that the union Aslef was solely responsible for the strike, and in an earlier exchange on the subject, challenged Corbyn to ring them up and get them to call it off. | The Greens’ Caroline Lucas asked May to consider rail travellers in her constituency, Brighton, suffering from the current strike. Saying that the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, has no intention of dealing with this, Lucas asked whether May would sack him and strip GTR of the Southern Rail franchise. May retorted that the union Aslef was solely responsible for the strike, and in an earlier exchange on the subject, challenged Corbyn to ring them up and get them to call it off. |
| Snap verdict | Snap verdict |
| Corbyn had the better of the exchange, although not by a lot. His final question, the clip that will be used on the news, was clear and powerful and – doubtless to many people – unanswerable, too. May seems to have been focusing more and more on social care in recent weeks and, whereas she gave the subject a brush-off answer just a few weeks ago, on Wednesday she had a reasonably substantial answer about the government’s short-, medium- and long-term plans. She also, quite rightly, said that both parties had failed to address this properly in the past. But her transparent attempt to duck the question about social care budgets being cut in the last parliament allowed Corbyn to score a direct hit, and, although she promised that her government would be the first for decades to “get a grip” and address this properly, nothing the government has said (so far) makes this pledge particularly credible. | Corbyn had the better of the exchange, although not by a lot. His final question, the clip that will be used on the news, was clear and powerful and – doubtless to many people – unanswerable, too. May seems to have been focusing more and more on social care in recent weeks and, whereas she gave the subject a brush-off answer just a few weeks ago, on Wednesday she had a reasonably substantial answer about the government’s short-, medium- and long-term plans. She also, quite rightly, said that both parties had failed to address this properly in the past. But her transparent attempt to duck the question about social care budgets being cut in the last parliament allowed Corbyn to score a direct hit, and, although she promised that her government would be the first for decades to “get a grip” and address this properly, nothing the government has said (so far) makes this pledge particularly credible. |
| Memorable lines | Memorable lines |
| In the light of Boris Johnson’s display of foot in mouth disease, does May now accept that pencilling FO against his name should have been an instruction not a job offer?” | In the light of Boris Johnson’s display of foot in mouth disease, does May now accept that pencilling FO against his name should have been an instruction not a job offer?” |
| He is doing an absolutely excellent job. He is an FFS – a fine foreign secretary.” | He is doing an absolutely excellent job. He is an FFS – a fine foreign secretary.” |
| Labour MP Peter Dowd and Theresa May on Boris Johnson’s remarks about Saudi Arabia | Labour MP Peter Dowd and Theresa May on Boris Johnson’s remarks about Saudi Arabia |
| Mobile phone coverage in the UK is worse than Romania. In the Highlands you’d be better off using a carrier pigeon. It’s time to connect the Highlands to the rest of the world” | Mobile phone coverage in the UK is worse than Romania. In the Highlands you’d be better off using a carrier pigeon. It’s time to connect the Highlands to the rest of the world” |
| Ian Blackford, SNP, complains about the poor mobile phone reception in the Scottish Highlands | Ian Blackford, SNP, complains about the poor mobile phone reception in the Scottish Highlands |