NHS trade deal and fuel prices

How does a banana trigger a CIA backed coup Do AirPods herald the arrival of a new global order What do LED lights say about the future of humanity I'mt Conway, and in each episode of my new podcast, Stuff Matters, I take an object, crack it open, and reveal the world shaping forces hidden inside. This is economics told through the things we think we understand. Search Stuff Matters on your podcast app to listen and follow Sky News, The full story first England's manner throughrew to the round of sixteen at the World Cup after a nervy, nervy win against Dar Congo. The NHS is going to have to divert forty five billion pounds from essential services because of a trade deal agreed with the US that could lead to more than two hundred thousand avoidable excess debts Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheheet, a ten minute podcast on the day's newews on Thursday, the second of July. I'm Matt Barbette. I'm Sophy Ridge. Also today Are we about to get hit by a third heat wave Where else to start today? England overcame one of the biggest potential scares in recent footballing history coming from behind Democratic Republic of Congo to won at the Menezuel Cup in the US. Harry Kaine scored twice in eleven minutes to secure that comeback win and didn't they just need The captain to step up. Kaye moved to joint sixth in the all time World Cup goals scorers on thirteen that has now scored seventy two goals in sixty two appearances country this season Next, the Aztecca stadium in Mexico City is England face one of the co hosts of Mexico very early on Monday morning. Mexico have only lost two of their last eighty nine competitive fixtures of that ground, which also has an altitude of seven thousand feet And if you work in skiing altitude or cycling altitude, about two thousand meters above sea level And this is the thing, Sophie, the fact that Mexico ve the home advantage. They've got raucous atmosphere of all their fans. They're the hosts I think most importantly that they've been playing altitude for all their matches Whereas England haven't, that I think that's going tellell the difference there? Yeah, it's a nightmare fixture anyway, right? Even if England were playing well, it would be a really, really hard game Mexico haven't concedered all tournament. They're a host nation and like you said say, the altitude' going to come into it too. but also We were not good last night. It reminded me of how I actually find Watching England really stressful and unenjoyable. and I did not enjoy it yesterday. The only thing that I didn't enjoy was Harricane. I mean, what a legend that guy is. You know, We needed someone to stand up And he stepped up and he did the business and my goodness me we're going to need him against Mexico. A leader's performance and I did see On Instagram, David Beckham was the first to comment saying leaders lead. Yeah and tons of likes on Harry Kaine's feed for that one I don't feel so bad about it because I think those games are always a banana skin And actually I think against a Mexico feel that they can win at home it might open up against England and they might be able to show justust how good some of those players really are. I'm working out what to do about the one AM start. Well, I'm work tntil midnight the night before, so I'm gonna to be wide awake anyway. You'll be okay. You're meant to be getting up at four or three thirty in the next morning so I'm not sure it's a total limbo. I feel like pulling a sick might actually I'm sure I could get away with it as well. Well, you can't now if you remember There were Two rapes twoo underage girls in Hampshire, Fording Bridge What of them under and underpass And three teenage boys were of this They were then spared custody by The judge case And what is happening today is that the Court of Appeal is going to be announcing whether or not that sentence was unduly lenient in their words. So two fifteen year old boys were given youth rehabilitation orders put on a supervision and surveillance program by this judge in May, and it was over the rape of two girls in separate attacks in Hampshire That happened in november twenty twenty four and january twenty twenty five The third boy, aged fourteen was also given a youth rehabilitation order for encouraging one of the attackers and for indecent images offences as well but a huge Aquow at the time. and it was then referred by The government said by Lord Hermmer, who was the atttorney General to the Court of Aeal to Consider it and to work out if a custodial sentence would have been more appropriate It's the quotes at the time that leap out for me. when they were sentenced at Samson Crown caught back in May The judge was Nichicolas Rowand, and he did say the offensces of the two hundred fifteen year olds crossed the custody threshold. then said he should avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily adding that detention was a last resort. He also praised them for their conduct during the process in complete contrast to what the judge said in the courtroom One of the victims responded, saying the attack on her has left me harmed so severely that I do not think I will ever be the same and also said the trial of her attackers broke something inside me and it's those lines both from the judge and from one of the victims that really resonated And yes, you're right, I remember Kistama talking about it very soon after this review, this court of appppeal case was announced. Next, the NHS is going to have to divert forty five billion pounds from essential services And that's to pay potentially for new medicines. and this is all under the terms of the UK US. trade deal was agreed in December last year, in a move that could lead to more than two hundred thousand avoidable deaths of patients in England. this is all come from analysis published in the British Medical journal. saying that the cash will be diverted. from health services by twenty thirty six, so a decade away And that's in order to pay for more new medicines under this trade deal. And they say to be specific, it could lead to two hundred twenty nine thousand avoidable deaths which is Q quuite a lot more than the one hundred thirty seven thousand came during the COVID nineteen pandemic The crux of this Sovia, I think is the issue between the UK doing trade and what the US wants to happen with Our National Health Service. Yeah, and what do you think does will happen? Well, they want to get their hands on a lot of it. the allegation is that U. S. companies want to get involved in the health service and make money the health Service And there's a whole other discussion about where the health services' data is going because of this deal palantir as well. It's interesting that seeing these stats Right there in black and white, forty five billion pounds, a huge amount of money, but even more concerning is just how many potentially avoidable deaths. could lead to and people will wonder if this is worth it. Sure, the UK U.S. trade deal is important, but if it has these kind of potential ramifications published in something is Well, respect is the BMJ then it may cause people to think again. There's always going to be a tension I think, between what to spend the money on, right? Because obviously spending on drugs can be a really good thing if these are great drugs that could actually extend someone's life But you have to question, I think, why are they stipulating this in a trade deal, right? Why should another country have a say over how the UK spends its money on something as important as the healthcare system, right? What's going on? I remember Trump getting all those farmer bosses into the White House and almost gave him a telling off because the American pharmaceuticals market is so huge, they all came cowtaowing to him effectively saying We're going to cut our prices but then When it comes to exporting drugs, the US clearly wants other people to pay more for them and that includes biggest purchas of drugs in the world, which is the NHS We've talked a lot about the cost of living, right? And one thing that has been a bit of welcome really, I think it's fair to say for UK drivers of diesel vehicles is that they have been noticing some cheaper prices at the pump. We've had the biggest monthly fall in diesel prices since two thousand. so the average cost dropped seventeen p in the liter last month, that's according to the RAC. And they say there's like to be furather drops across the summer as well The average price of petrol, by the way, also down over the same period and We've got to put this in context. It's still higher than it was, both diesel and petrol before the Iran warar began at the end of February And really I think this is all about The fluctuations of fuel costs because of what's happened in the Middle East, obviously severely disrupting the production and the transportation of energy. As you know, we've had this kind of framework deal to try and end the fighting prices have nosed. I've noticed on flights by the way I was looking the other day. I reckon you can get a few bargains flights at the minute as well. For now, because they're probably going to go back up again, aren't they? That's the thing. It's so it's not done S the before mo is open and closed changing almost by the day. Yeah, ffill up while you can Another heat wave is set to be declared in the UK over the coming days, temperatures once again reaching thirty Celsius. Now last month was the warmest dune on record for England. As I'm sure youll remember, the second warmest for the UK as a whole. And that's according to provisional data from the Met Office. Certain conditions, as I'm sure you're all expert in right now, have to be met for the weather to be described as a heat wave In London in the southeast three consecutive days of twenty eight Celsius are needed. in Northern Britain. It's twenty five Celsius. Early reports say that it is London and some of the home counties. most likely to be hit by more hot Have you had a Goo pigs? I can't say I've got anything against guinea pigs, but I would just lump them in with school pets that come home in a you know, in a cage for a week or two. not a massive fan.s you've got of experience with this. Yes. hamsters too, mice, the usual rodent thing. Okay, so maybe you're not so bothered by this then, but right. this is a couple, David Ame Phillips been given permission to breed guinea pigs. Nice you might think But it's to eat them Interesting It's all because they want to live more sustainably, right? And this is all part of the One planet deevelopment policy in Cardiff, which apparently encourages people working and living in the countryside if it meets progressive environmental standards, which apparently eating guinea pigs. does. look, I know it's a traditional dish in some South American countries like Peru and Ecuador. and there is a connection between Wales and South America because in parts of Pratagonia people speak Welsh. I wonder'