Watch as Sir Keir Starmer unveiled Labour’s plan to cut NHS waiting times in a major speech on Monday (6 January). The prime minister promised millions of extra NHS appointments in a bid to slash waiting times for treatment to 18 weeks by the next general election.

The government has pledged to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for NHS treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year.

More patients will be sent for treatment in private hospitals under Government plans to slash the NHS waiting list, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister used a speech to pledge "better use" of capacity in the private sector,