# The Two Matts Q&A: How to pay for the NHS and will robots rule?

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Podcast: [The Two Matts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-matts-1119331)
Published: 2026-04-25T23:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2654

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The Matts answer listeners' questions including when Starmer should go; why we don’t vet our politicians; how to fund the NHS; why the news is relentlessly grim; whether banning social media for children is a good thing; and are The Matts looking forward to having robots provide unmentionable services to them in their dotage? Enjoy! Produced by Matt Withers OFFER:  Get  The New World  for just £1 for the first month. Head to  https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/2matts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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