Sir Keir was forced to defend Labour's claim that NHS waiting lists could rise to 10 million, despite a think tank saying that was "highly unlikely".Responding to the Institute for Fiscal Studies' criticism, Sir Keir said: "What we've said is if the list was to increase at the same rate as it's increased since Rishi Sunak has been Prime Minister, we will get - if we had more five more years of the Tories - to 10 million on that waiting list.

Sir Keir was forced to defend Labour's claim that NHS waiting lists could rise to 10 million, despite a think tank saying that was "highly unlikely".Responding to the Institute for Fiscal Studies' criticism, Sir Keir said: "What we've said is if the list was to increase at the same rate as it's increased since Rishi Sunak has been Prime Minister, we will get - if we had more five more years of the Tories - to 10 million on that waiting list.