New hospital programme 'will take decade longer than planned'

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By Sarah Lowden and Daniel Pye

Construction of the 40 new hospitals planned under the previous government will take a decade longer than planned, according to the health secretary.

Wes Streeting accused the Conservatives of failing to properly fund its £20 billion New Hospital Programme (NHP) to deliver them by 2030.