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Sir Keir unveils plan to make NHS ‘fit for the future’ but ignores funding gap
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer makes his speech about the NHS during a visit to East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust in Braintree, Essex, May 22, 202

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer set out the party’s vague mission to create an NHS “fit for the future” today, but failed to commit to more funding for the service.

In his speech in Braintree, Essex, Sir Keir revealed new targets for ambulance response times, cancer diagnosis and cutting deaths from cardiovascular disease.

He said: “We will fix the NHS. We will reform the NHS. Old values, new opportunities.

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