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MPs in the House of Commons have erupted after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tore apart Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s “petty politics”. The PM and Leader of the Opposition clashed over strikes which have hit the health service, ambulance service and rail networks as well as cancer patient waiting times.
Mr Sunak said the Labour leader was focused on “petty politics” while he is “delivering for Britain”. His comment came after Sir Keir said the PM was not promising cancer patients will get urgent treatment as they did under Labour.
Sir Keir added: “He’s not even promising an NHS that puts patients first like they did under Labour. No, he’s promising the one day, although he can’t say when, the record high waiting lists will stop growing. That’s it.
“After 13 years in Government, what does it say that the best they can offer is that at some point they might stop making things worse?”
The Prime Minister replied: “When it comes to the NHS, it’s crystal clear: the Conservatives on the side of patients, Labour on the side of their union paymasters. All he does is flip from one thing to another, and that’s the difference between him and me. He’s focused on petty politics, I’m delivering for Britain.”
Sir Keir asked the Prime Minister when cancer patients will “once again get the certainty of quick care that they got under Labour”. It came after Mr Sunak told MPs he is registered with an NHS GP.
The Labour leader told the Commons: “I heard the Prime Minister saying he’s now registered with an NHS doctor, so he’ll soon enjoy the experience of waiting on hold every morning at 8am to get a GP appointment.
“But I can tell him that those that are waiting now don’t want another round of empty promises or boasting about what he’s done, they just want to know when they’ll be able to see a doctor.”
He added: “This is not just about routine care, there could be nothing more terrifying to be told you might have cancer, that’s why the last Labour government brought in a guarantee you’d be seen by a specialist within two weeks.
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