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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Tories abandon 2019 manifesto pledge to recruit 6,000 more GPs in England

The Tories have abandoned their election pledge to recruit 6,000 more GPs in England, a health minister admitted.

Top Tory Neil O'Brien said the promise from the 2019 Tory manifesto was unlikely to be hit amid mounting struggles to recruit and retain family doctors.

Labour said it was another "broken promise from the party that constantly over-promises and under-delivers".

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