Dr Dan Poulter

Tory MP Dan Poulter has defected to the Labour Party in the latest hammer-blow to Rishi Sunak’s authority.

The former health minister and doctor said he no longer trusted the Conservatives with the NHS.

In an interview with the Observer, Poulter said his experiences on more than 20 accident and emergency ward night shifts in the past year had been “truly life-changing”.

He said: “I could not go on as part of that. I have to be able to look my NHS colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye and my constituents in the eye.

“And I know that the Conservative government has been failing on the thing I care about most, which is the NHS and its patients.”

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Tory MP Dan Poulter Defects To Labour In Latest Blow For Rishi Sunak

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27.04.2024

Dr Dan Poulter

Tory MP Dan Poulter has defected to the Labour Party in the latest hammer-blow to Rishi Sunak’s authority.

The former health minister and doctor said he no longer trusted the Conservatives with the NHS.

In an interview with the Observer, Poulter said his........

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