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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pamela Duncan, Michael Goodier and Denis Campbell with graphics by Harvey Symons and Lucy Swan

NHS: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts

Ambulance graphic - a white ambulance against a blue background
A&E figures in England are a mixed bag for the prime minister. Composite: Alamy/Guardian Design

If ever a saying fitted the claims made in an election cycle it must be the famous Mark Twain line about “lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics”.

If you tuned into the Sky leaders’ event on Wednesday or the ITV head-to-head that preceded it you could be forgiven for thinking that the NHS waiting list in England is increasing and decreasing all at the same time.

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