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Source: Own wordsSource: ManifestoSource: Leaflet what candidates and parties publish themselves. Source: Public recordSource: Third party a public record, or someone else’s report. Candidate statements and leaflets are published as written; we check they are real, not that they are true.

  1. 1Victoria WhittleLabour Party

    Victoria Whittle hasn’t published anything themselves on this that we could find. Labour Party’s national policy, not Victoria Whittle’s own commitment:

    What they say Source: Manifesto

    Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and new dentists for areas that need them most.

    In their exact words Source: Manifesto

    Labour will tackle the immediate crisis with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to areas that need them most.
    Sourced: Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Build an NHS fit for the future, 13 June 2024
    Labour will tackle the immediate crisis with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to areas that need them most.

    Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Build an NHS fit for the future, Labour Party, published 13 June 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2026. Archived copy. https://labour.org.uk/change/build-an-nhs-fit-for-the-future/

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    Manifesto
    A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.

    Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.

    What they say Source: Manifesto

    Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged two million extra NHS operations, scans and appointments a year in England.

    In their exact words Source: Manifesto

    As a first step, in England we will deliver an extra two million NHS operations, scans, and appointments every year; that is 40,000 more appointments every week.
    Sourced: Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Build an NHS fit for the future, 13 June 2024
    As a first step, in England we will deliver an extra two million NHS operations, scans, and appointments every year; that is 40,000 more appointments every week.

    Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Build an NHS fit for the future, Labour Party, published 13 June 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2026. Archived copy. https://labour.org.uk/change/build-an-nhs-fit-for-the-future/

    Explain this (1 term)
    Manifesto
    A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.

    Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.

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