Rishi Sunak blames striking workers as he signals he could fail in two key pledges – UK politics live

Prime minister criticised by NHS worker after blaming staff for long waiting lists

The UK should not take any lectures from anybody" about its record on green policies, Rishi Sunak has said.

It was put to the prime minister on LBC Radio that the UN chief has called countries increasing the production of fossil fuels truly dangerous radicals".

What I would say, not just to him but more generally, is let's look at the record. Which G7 country out of the large countries of America, Italy, France, Germany, us, Canada, Japan - which of those countries has decarbonised fastest over the past years or decades? Which one? It's the UK, right?

So, we should not take any lectures from anybody about our record. Our record is fantastic.

I 100% believe that what I'm doing is right.

I think it's amazing we're blaming the increase in waiting lists on doctors going on strike.

You're losing staff because we are undervalued and it's not just doctors, it's everyone, we're all leaving.

That's what's causing the waiting lists to go up, I don't think that's right.

I would say to them I'm very grateful and respectful of the incredible job you do but we all have a shared mission to bring the waiting lists down.