Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“What steps his Department is taking to empower local authorities to implement levelling up policies.”
Tabled: 23 November 2021Answered: 29 November 2021
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
I remind myself that the Conservatives left the NHS on its knees: the last Labour Government brought waiting lists down to record lows, and they drove them up to record highs; the last Labour Government had the highest possible confidence in the NHS, and they dragged it down to the lowest ever level. Because of the money that we are putting in, we have done 3 million extra appointments in the first year of a Labour Government—that is the difference that Labour makes in power.