Critics say projects were part of previous governments’ pledges or mired in inconsistencies
A series of announcements of major new infrastructure projects in hospitals and transport to mark the start of the Conservative conference has prompted criticism after it emerged much of the spending was either not new or notably less ambitious than billed.
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