CULTURE Secretary Nicky Morgan struggled to defend the Conservative's heavily criticised manifesto during an appearance on Good Morning Britian on Monday.
Boris Johnson's pledge to boost the NHS with another 50,000 nurses secured headlines following the Conservative Party manifesto launch, but quickly came under fire by fact checkers.
Labour said the nursing figure was disingenuous when it included 19,000 nurses who already work in the NHS but are considering leaving.
Piers Morgan told the Cabinet member on GMB that it was "complete nonsense" to claim that there would be 50,000 more NHS nurses in ten years, when 19,000 of that figure includes existing NHS nurses who are currently working.
‘There will be overall 50,000 more nurses, if you look in 10 years time, than there are today.’
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) November 25, 2019
Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan defends the Tory’s pledge to deliver 50,000 more nurses.@piersmorgan | @susannareid100 | #GMB pic.twitter.com/LMVFEKUBQR
Susanna Reid also interjected to say that it was similar to claiming that there would be three more presenters on Good Morning Britian tomorrow, only to reveal it was the same three as usual who had been convinced to come to work.
Nicky Morgan then replied that, if there were an additional three, then there would now be six more, leaving the presenters briefly stunned.
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