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Fixing NHS crisis is Britain’s immediate top priority for Sir Keir Starmer if he becomes PM - new poll

Source: Christian Adams

Fixing the crisis-hit NHS is Britain’s immediate top priority for Sir Keir Starmer if he becomes Prime Minister, a new poll reveals.

The Ipsos survey for The Standard found 63 per cent of adults naming improving the health service as one of the three or four issues a Labour government, if elected, should focus on in the first six months.

This is far ahead of dealing with the cost of living, in second place and cited by 44 per cent.

The findings were published the day after and with

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