There is a deepening funding crisis in our National Health Service. With the annual budget set to be as much as £30 billion short of what’s needed by 2021 and an ageing population creating more demand for services, what can any government do to plug the hole? We’re discussing the future of the NHS today on Britain’s Got Ballot.

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Theresa May has taken the gloves off when it comes to attacking Jeremy Corbyn on national security issues. But are the Tories going too far? Is this a problem of Corbyn’s own making? And will any of this put the brakes on Labour’s continued narrowing of the gap in the polls? That’s what we’re discussing today on Britain’s Got Ballot.

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Universal basic income, a four-day working week, and a rise in the national minimum wage to £10 an hour - these were just some of the ideas that the sole Green Party MP Caroline Lucas presented to the nation at their manifesto launch this week. Meanwhile on the other end of the political spectrum, UKIP's plans include a refusal to pay any kind of divorce settlement to the EU and a pledge to cut net migration to zero within five years. Today we're talking about these two radically different visions for the UK on Britain's Got Ballot.

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Although they might differ in their views about who is to blame, the parties all agree that England is in the midst of a housing crisis. But what can be done to ensure more houses are built? How can we help young people to get on the housing ladder? And which party's manifesto has the best solutions for this deeply entrenched problem? That's what we're discussing today on Britain's Got Ballot.

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The people of Manchester have been rightly praised for the way they came together after the terrorist attack on Monday night. Today we reflect on a difficult week for our country, we ask what lessons can be learned to stop this kind of tragedy from happening again, and we consider whether the final two weeks of the general election campaign might be more civil as a result. That's what we're talking about today on Britain's Got Ballot.

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The Liberal Democrats found out in 2015 that higher education can be a thorny issue, when their role in raising tuition fees was a large contributing factor in the collapse of their support at the ballot box. This time around they are not promising to cut fees, but Labour are - so who has the right policy? Meanwhile the Conservative manifesto barely mentions higher education at all - we ask why that might be. All that and much more coming up on today's Britain's Got Ballot.

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Britain's Got Ballot is back today, and we're talking about the differences between the parties on schools policy. First we talk about the apparent funding crisis in our education system and what each party proposes to do about it. Then we consider the Conservative proposal to remove the ban on new grammar schools: is this an unhelpful Tory obsession or can selective education boost attainment across the board?

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Sam Webber, the Liberal Democrats candidate for Bromley and Chislehurst, remains upbeat about his party’s chances in the general election. In a special episode of this podcast, Dave speaks to Sam not only about the lay of the land in British politics, but also about the ups and downs of standing for Parliament, which he is doing for the third time. That's today on Britain’s Got Ballot.

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Theresa May’s Conservative manifesto purports to be a plan for a stronger Britain and a prosperous future. But with several policies that will anger her party’s natural core vote, is the prime minister taking a risk with her new brand of Conservatism? And after claiming that the sums in Labour’s manifesto don’t add up, why is there so little detail in the Tory document? That’s what we’re discussing today on Britain’s Got Ballot.

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Tim Farron has bet the Liberal Democrats’ electoral fortunes in 2017 on there being a large number of Remainers who want an alternative to the so-called hard Brexit being offered by the Conservatives. At the party’s manifesto launch on Wednesday he promised voters a chance to change Britain’s future, but will they be excited by his message? And can he turn around the Lib Dems’ fortunes after their disastrous election results in 2015? That’s what we’re discussing today on Britain’s Got Ballot.

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