Science Minister Andrew Griffith has claimed that the Labour Party has promised “hundreds of billions” of pounds of unfunded spending promises and insisted that the Conservatives can win the next General Election.
He told GB News: “I absolutely think that the Conservatives can win the election…it's been a difficult number of years, no one foresaw the Covid pandemic, nobody saw Russia's invasion of Ukraine - so it has been difficult for everybody in the country.
“I understand that people have had their frustrations, but the answers to those frustrations are all Conservative. If you're worried about your train service not being reliable, the answer isn't to repeal every single law, trade union law passed since the 1970s.
“If you're worried about your interest rates being too high, it's not to have the hundreds of billions of unfunded spending promises from Labour so I understand where people are. They've been grumpy. We’re focusing on delivering our plan and I think the right answer is Conservative.”
In a discussion during Breakfast with Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster, he was asked about the record low level of satisfaction with the NHS recorded in the annual British Social Attitudes survey.
Science Minister Andrew Griffith has claimed that the Labour Party has promised “hundreds of billions” of pounds of unfunded spending promises and insisted that the Conservatives can win the next General ElectionGBN
He said: “Those numbers should be of concern to everybody. They're worse in Labour Wales, their confidence in the NHS was significantly lower but those numbers aren't good for anybody, don't get me wrong.
“But for the last four consecutive months, waiting lists have fallen, the longest waits in particular, those over two years, those over 18 months, have now almost been eliminated.
“Record resources are going into the NHS despite the strikes, we continue to make forward progress. And of course, we came off the back of a pandemic, which [has] been a huge challenge and strain on our health care system.”
On the resignation of two ministers yesterday, he said: “Understandably, people from time to time will decide that the right thing for their next chapter…having given that long service, is to move on and do other things. That's not unusual at this point in the parliament.
“What I, my colleagues are focused on, is the economy. The plan is working, inflation is falling.”
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