If falling living standards and a spluttering economy were the only objections the public had with the Conservative Party, Rishi Sunak might not be 20 points behind in the polls. But anyone who has tried to secure a GP appointment recently knows that public services, and in particular the National Health Service, are in crisis.
Little wonder that fixing the NHS is voters’ immediate priority for Sir Keir Starmer should he become prime minister. An exclusive Ipsos survey for the Standard finds that 63 per cent of adults named improving the health service as one of the three or four issues that a Labour government should focus on in its first six months, significantly ahead of the cost of living, cited by 44 per cent.
