Rishi Sunak attacks Labour-run NHS in Wales during first televised general election debate.
Rishi Sunak attacked the Labour-run Welsh government’s handling of the health service in the first televised leaders’ debate of the general election campaign.
But the Labour leader also criticised the Conservatives’ record on health, saying the NHS in England was in a worse state than it was when they came to power 14 years ago.Mr Sunak and Sir Keir were making their pitch to voters in the ITV debate, with immigration, the cost of living and the NHS featuring in questions from the audience.
Sir Keir said waiting lists in England had increased from 7.2 million to 7.5 million people, however Mr Sunak said they were coming down.The NHS in Wales is run by the Labour Welsh government, rather than controlled from Westminster “The only mention of Wales in that painful hour was as a punching bag by Rishi Sunak on the NHS, while Starmer denied his party’s responsibility.During the debate, the Labour leader said the election on 4 July was a choice between "chaos" with the Conservatives or turning the page with Labour.
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