Tory minister caught out as key NHS election pledge is torn to shreds on live TV

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One of Boris Johnson’s key manifesto pledges was torn apart on live TV this morning. The prime minister promised “50,000 more nurses” in the Conservative election manifesto on Sunday but his party

The prime minister promised “50,000 more nurses” in the Conservative election manifesto on Sunday but his party has admitted that 18,500 of that 50,000 will come through encouraging existing nurses to stay in the profession or others to return.

 

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