Wes Streeting defends Labour plan to use private sector to cut NHS backlog
by Pippa Crerar Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6M1H5)
Exclusive: Failure to do so would betray working-class people, shadow health secretary says
Wes Streeting has defended Labour's plans to use the private sector to help cut the NHS care backlog, arguing that a failure to do so would result in a betrayal" of working-class people who cannot afford to pay for care.
The shadow health secretary said his approach was a pragmatic but principled one" as he doubled down on his remarks this week about middle-class lefties" whom he said risked putting ideological purity ahead of patient care.
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