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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Jane Kirby

Starmer promises to reform NHS and ‘fight for it day and night’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said rebuilding the NHS is the ‘cornerstone’ of rebuilding Britain (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Wire)

Rebuilding the NHS is the “cornerstone” of rebuilding Britain, the Prime Minister said, as he pledged to fight for it “day and night”.

Sir Keir Starmer unveiled more detail about his plans for tackling NHS waiting lists, with the aim of slashing the number of people waiting longer than 18 weeks for NHS treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year.

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