Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 5 January 2023

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1. Labour dismisses Sunak promises

Labour dismissed the five promises unveiled by Rishi Sunak yesterday as “so easy it would be difficult not to achieve them” and “aimed at fixing problems of the Tories’ own making”. The prime minister pledged to halve inflation and bring down NHS waiting lists, as he made five pledges to voters. Chris Mason, the BBC’s political said Sunak’s speech “shows he is a PM in a hurry” but with the health service “under extraordinary pressure right now...some people watching might say ‘Is that it?’.”

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