Tens of thousands of patients were waiting for routine treatment at Wigan’s hospitals in July – and the figures are still rising.
Watch as the new PM spoke outside Downing Street - accompanied by his wife Lady Victoria Starmer and cheered on by flag-waving Labour supporters.
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