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The Conservatives' 2019 election pledge to build 40 new hospitals by 2030 faces a review by the government's spending watchdog.
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting asked for an investigation into delays surrounding the programme and warned of taxpayers' money being wasted.
The National Audit Office (NAO) intends to conduct a "value for money review" later this year, its comptroller said.
Mr Streeting accused the Tories of "overpromising and underdelivering".
The 2019 Conservatives' manifesto said: "We will build and fund 40 new hospitals over the next 10 years."
Boris Johnson repeated this promise, and has spoken of "40 more hospitals".
However, a "new" hospital has not been defined as solely a new construction.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62025410
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This doesn't surprise me in the slightest.