Side 1: an interview on the Call Nick Ross programme with questions from callers to Virginia Bottomley, Minister for Health, on the state of the National Health Service; NK speaking to the press while visiting South Cleveland hospital, during the Langbaurgh by-election campaign [Yorkshire], particularly on health policy and the economy; press interview following Labour's victory at Langbaurgh.

Side 2: press interviews with NK following the victory at Langbaurgh, on subjects including: racist attacks against the Labour candidate Ashok Kumar; issues within the campaign; how the result would reflect the national picture; the by-elections on the same day at Hemsworth [Yorkshire] and Kincardine and Deeside [Scotland].