The Labour leader says funding out-of-hours appointments will help more people return to work.
A Labour government would cut NHS waiting lists in England by funding two million more hospital appointments a year, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
He told the newspaper his plans to shake-up skills training were key to his mission of firing up the economy - and he was responding to calls from business leaders who told him they could not find workers trained for their needs. Labour has previously said it wants to set up a new expert body, Skills England, to improve skills training, comprising trade associations, companies, trade unions, councils and education leaders., bodies representing employers - mostly chambers of commerce - have drawn up skills "improvement plans" to influence what is taught in their local area.
The party says it wants to recruit more staff to the NHS, but that this will take several years to have a significant impact on waiting list numbers. The party also plans to use part of the cash to fund breakfast clubs that are run by primary schools, providing £365m so the service will be provided to pupils for free.
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