Following Lord Darzi’s report that found the NHS is in “critical condition”, despite record funding, Starmer is laying out how Labour will “reform” the service. Heard that one before…
Watch live as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech highlighting the government’s plans to rebuild the NHS following Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the state and performance of the health service https://t.co/cr4x0AGzSi
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Starmer blamed the Tories for the failure of the NHS, stating they “broke” the service. Shock…
The Prime Minister then started on his “10-year plan” to reform the NHS, a matter of “life and death”. He went on to say reform does not mean it will no longer be free, or mean pumping more money into the service, stating “no more money until reform”. Or mean fixing things from Whitehall…
Instead, it includes “three big shifts”:
Notably this is not a one-term plan…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”