Tories dump immigration cap; The RMT plan ANOTHER strike; & The Science Museum reveal 500 years of medicine

The Conservatives have dumped Theresa May’s 100,000 goal for net immigration. Home Secretary Priti Patel says the new plan will bring overall immigration down but give skilled workers preference under a points-based system and expert recommendations. Evening Standard associate editor Julian Glover joins The Leader podcast to explain why this is ‘impossible’.The RMT have announced another 24-hour strike, this time on the Victoria line - one of London’s busiest - on the 27th and 28th November. The Leader explains why we think the union is being “childish”.The Science Museum is devoting its first-floor galleries to telling the history of medicine. Exhibits include the first MRI scanner, a Victorian pharmacy and a padded cell. Evening Standard Arts correspondent Robert Dex joins the podcast to tell us more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.