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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

‘He doesn’t care’: Rishi Sunak is failing nurses and NHS, say voters in Stoke

Rishi Sunak does not appear ‘very strong’, according to the focus group in Stoke.
Rishi Sunak does not appear ‘very strong’, according to the focus group in Stoke. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/AFP/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak should pour money and staff into the “crippled” NHS, and reward striking nurses with better pay, Conservative 2019 voters from a “red wall” constituency have said.

Stoke-on-Trent residents in a focus group organised by More in Common for the Guardian described the health service as “struggling”, being in an “absolute mess” and “on its backside”, with all members able to describe just how difficult it is to get an appointment. On top of this, the locals expressed a huge amount of sympathy for striking health workers, who are “worked to the bone”.

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