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Sunak slammed for blaming Tory NHS failures on industrial action
Rishi Sunak speaks to staff and patients in the SDEC, same day emergency care unit during a visit to Milton Keynes University Hospital, Milton Keynes, August 15, 2023

TRADE unions and health campaigners condemned Rishi Sunak today for blaming exhausted health workers for his own failure to cut NHS waiting lists as promised.

The Prime Minister admitted to TalkTV that he had not kept his pledge to reduce waiting lists after he made it one of his five key priorities last year. 

When questioned on whether he had failed to deliver on the promise, he replied: “Yes, we have.”

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