LABOUR’S plans to cut NHS waiting lists will not get far without huge investment, think tanks warned today.

Party leader Sir Keir Starmer pledged to create a health service that is “there for everyone” and said that slashing waiting lists would be the first step for a Labour government to get the NHS “back on its feet.”

If his party wins the general election, Labour will initially focus on reducing the backlog of delayed treatments, currently 7.54 million.