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Treatment has come down slightly to about 300,000. that is the first fall we have seen in awhile. people waiting over two years, people waiting over two years, people waiting the very longest, we have seen a small fall of around 500. but it is still significant. that is how the nhs is thinking about tackling this backlog, looking at the very longest wait first and then working through. we can expect to see the overall numbers increase for a while on this waiting list for treatment. to what extent can we separate this out into the covid backlog, which clearly the nhs is still working through an...

Plan for living with covid—19 this spring. we must stay vigilant and be mindful that there could be bumps in the road ahead. although we have worked hard to make sure that the nhs will be ready and resilient, building nightingale surge hubs and signing new deals with the independent sector, it is still facing significant pressure this winter. even before the omicron wave we had a covid backlog of elective care and now, unfortunately, that covid backlog will be larger still so we must proceed with caution. a pandemic is a marathon, not a sprint. even on this day of progress i would urge every...

The armed forces ministerjames heappey appeared to concede that raising national insurance from april to pay for the covid backlog in social care, was unpopular, describing opposition among the audience in morecambe as absolute. everybody in the room is against it. everybody in the room is... is that fair? are you all against it? yeah. audience applauds. mr heappey also said that the government was in listening mode. you'll have noticed that the top of the government is in listening mode at the moment. and, erm... but the cabinet took the decision, and i think that it's important to recognise ...

I cannot answer more, is to compete with what— i cannot answer more, is to compete with what i_ i cannot answer more, is to compete with what i said to be house of commons _ with what i said to be house of commons. what i hope you understand is, while _ commons. what i hope you understand is, while we _ commons. what i hope you understand is, while we wait for all that to go on, is, while we wait for all that to go on. we've — is, while we wait for all that to go on. we've to _ is, while we wait for all that to go on, we've to get on and the government is getting on with our work _ governm...

Issues facing the country so this united front, particularly on economic policy, in particular with perhaps the most important minister after the prime minister in the cabinet, and potential leadership rival at some point, i think is quite telling and also shows great confidence in the prime minister now has, is he on safer territory? has he bought himself more time with the police are now investigating? he perhaps does not need to offer the concessions to backbench mps that he thought at one point he would. this will be controversial because a lot of people are struggling at the moment and mp...