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How 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts
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Charts show what has happened in five key areas, from the NHS to food banks, since the Conservatives came to power in 2010
Fourteen years, five prime ministers, four election cycles, two UK-wide referendums and a global pandemic: a lot has happened since the Conservative party entered coalition in 2010.
But there are other, bigger figures on voters’ minds: 7.6 million people on waiting lists for hospital treatment in England (three times the 2010 figure); 3% of Britons having to use a food bank , all while the cost of a weekly shop, household bills and mortgage repayments is rising.
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