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Today: Election 2024: Hustings, hospitals and planning

Election 2024: Hustings, hospitals and planning

BBC Radio 4 - Today, Election 2024: Hustings, hospitals and planning

Today focuses on hospitals and planning, and hosts a hustings in Motherwell.

The main parties hang their economic strategies on growth - economist Mohammed El-Erian, the CEO of Energy UK Emma Pinchbeck and planning barrister and blogger Zack Simons give their verdicts. Mishal hosts an election hustings from the constituency of Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke. We hear from the former head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, as Vladimir Putin visits North Korea, the American psychologist Dr Jean Twenge on the impact smart phones and social media are having on teenagers, and Nigel Havers pays tribute to Sir Ian McKellan - still throwing himself into stage roles at 85

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