LABOUR PLAN TO CUT HEART AND STROKE DEATHS

Leader to launch his NHS Health Misssion

- MIKEY SMITH

LABOUR will cut deaths from heart disease and strokes by a quarter within 10 years as part of a major NHS overhaul.

Party leader Keir Starmer will tomorrow set out "serious, deep, long-term changes that also aim to slash cancer deaths and improve mental health treatment.

Launching its Health Mission tomorrow, he will say: "At the next election the NHS is on the line. The Conservative Party that has brought it to its knees will put it in the ground.

"We've got to fix the fundamentals, renew its purpose, make it fit for the future.