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The NHS crisis stems from Conservative neglect
Despite what some Tories say a proper funding of healthcare is possible. Germany, for example, spends £23 billion more than Britain on its health service every year. Only a Labour government can rescue the NHS, argues KEN LIVINGSTONE

THERESA MAY’S boast that the NHS was the best prepared it’s ever been was totally discredited by this week’s NHS England stats which revealed the true and shocking scale of the NHS winter crisis, confirming the worst fears of patients and staff.

The figures are astonishing for a government that claims to be a friend of the NHS.

Both PM May and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt should hang their heads in shame, but instead they continually refuse to admit that their underfunding and cuts have left our health service more vulnerable than ever before. As with so many other issues, from police cuts to their failed welfare “reforms,” the Tories are refusing to accept that cuts have consequences.

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