Sunak’s campaign trail hasn’t got off to a good start. He admitted that he hasn’t made the progress he wished for on reducing NHS waiting lists at his first stump event in Derbyshire. Sunak’s charm offensive fell flat when he was confronted by a man who had been waiting 12 weeks for a scan, while his wife had endured a three year delay. Rishi folded:

“The area where I wish I’d made more progress is with waiting lists. A priority of mine is to cut waiting lists and we haven’t made as much progress as I would have liked, I have to be honest about that.”

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