24-hours news access only. Home Office minister Chris Philp defends the Government's record after the Tory MP Dan Poulter defected to Labour and says he expects the Tory poll numbers to improve closer to the election. Interview on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg.Dr Dan Poulter, a former health minister and working medic, on Saturday quit the Tory Party saying it is "failing" the health service and that he could no longer "look my NHS colleagues in the eye" as a Conservative.

24-hours news access only. Home Office minister Chris Philp defends the Government's record after the Tory MP Dan Poulter defected to Labour and says he expects the Tory poll numbers to improve closer to the election. Interview on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg.Dr Dan Poulter, a former health minister and working medic, on Saturday quit the Tory Party saying it is "failing" the health service and that he could no longer "look my NHS colleagues in the eye" as a Conservative.