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reports of their arrival comes as england's health secretary steve barclay went on the offensive on health issues this morning — some believe a sign of the government's desire to move the conversation on after its focus last week on the small boats. labour has been critical today of both the new cancer targets and of the government's record on the nhs more broadly. we'll discuss the implications of all of this for the nation's health and for politics in a moment. first, here's kate. the proportion of uk patients surviving cancer has improved over the last few decades. take lung cancer, the uk's biggest cancer killer. between 1995 and 2014, the five—year survival rate for the newly diagnosed increased by almost 8%. what the uk needs to be more worried about is that survival rates in other countries like denmark and australia, countries with broadly comparable healthcare access and expenditure, are still ahead. now, one thing we know is key to improving survival is early diagnosis and treatment. the five—year survival rates for breast cancer