NHS waiting lists have again risen to a record high, with new figures now putting the total number of patients waiting for treatment at 7,415,000. This marks an increase of 85,000 since last month, which, if Guido were to have reused the same graphic, would literally be off the chart. In the 156 days since Rishi Sunak pledged to cut waiting lists, waiting lists have grown by 220,000. That’s 1,400 a day extra every single day of the week since the pledge was made….

With slight progress on small boats, inflation falling and some – admittedly meagre – growth, Rishi’s fourth pledge is looking like the hardest to deliver. NHS waiting lists have increased in every month since Rishi Sunak made his promise to get them down in January…