Downing Street declined to comment on the leaked figures. During the period of July to September last year, the decrease was even greater, with new cases falling by a third. This was a drop of 50,000 from March  but is still 240 times higher than the 1,613 who were forced to wait that long before the first wave hit. Downing Street documents drawn up by the Cabinet Office show Boris Johnson will have to commit between 2billion and 10billion each year for the next four years to deal with backed up waiting lists, reported The Guardian. Ministers do not think the public is 'distressed' enough yet about the long delays to warrant extra spending, an insider claimed.
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