'Where Are Those 40 Hospitals?': Health Secretary Victoria Atkins Skewered Over Tory Election Pledge

Nick Ferrari quizzed Victoria Atkins on LBC this morning.

Health secretary Victoria Atkins was skewered on live radio this morning over the Tories’ pledge to build 40 new hospitals.

The cabinet minister struggled to say how much progress the government was making towards its target.

Boris Johnson made the pledge to build the hospitals by 2030 in the run-up to the last general election.

On LBC this morning, presenter Nick Ferrari asked Atkins: “I know it was a number of...