Theresa May's social care wobble - Election Daily podcast
Jonathan Freedland and Owen Jones are joined by Zoe Williams in the first of our daily podcasts in the run-up to election day. As the Conservatives rethink their unpopular social care plans, the polls are narrowing.
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In the first of our daily election podcasts, Jonathan Freedland and Owen Jones are joined by columnist Zoe Williams.
With the Conservatives on the defensive, polls are narrowing and their showcase policy on social care has been stuck with the label ‘dementia tax’. Today Theresa May ‘clarified’ that the policy would include an overall cap on costs. After a major wobble and a manifesto U-turn, could there yet be a twist in the tale of this election?
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Also today: Labour has clarified that the manifesto offer to scrap tuition fees will be effective this year if they win the election. But will it get young people out to vote?
And our recommended reading list for the day:
- Gary Younge (Guardian): Jeremy Corbyn has defied his critics to become Labour’s best hope of survival
- Matthew D’Ancona (Guardian): We wanted a politics of audacity. May’s manifesto delivers it
- Jim Pickard (FT): Senior Conservatives were kept in the dark over ‘dementia tax’ (£)
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