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SNP takes aim at PM's 'five flimsy promises'
"This speech was an opportunity for Rishi Sunak to fix the Broken Britain that Westminster has created - to mend a broken relationship with the EU, to pay public sector workers what they are worth and to protect those who need help the most. He did none of those things. A source close to Ms Truss said:"Excessive bureaucracy is making childcare in England increasingly unaffordable for many parents. "Junking Liz's plans for this critical policy area seems economically and politically counterproductive."
"As far as the current NHS situation, it focused on false promise and hollow boasts when practical and urgent measures are required on the part of government." He is not a prime minister with a mandate for major new policy directions, but it was still a wide-ranging speech full of big political promises - to halve inflation within a year and grow the economy, as well as reducing the national debt, NHS waiting lists and illegal migration.
But on the key issues seen by many as bringing the country to its knees - NHS waiting lists and striking public sector workers - he was on the defensive. Anti-strike legislation is still on the cards, and it sounds like more details will be published in the coming days. "He is asleep at the wheel while patients are treated in hospital corridors and the health service is stretched to breaking point," he said.
The party said:"The do-nothing prime minister is too weak to stand up to his party or vested interests.
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