THE Conservative candidate at the General Election held a few weeks ago has slammed the Chancellor’s decision to review plans for new hospitals including one for Harlow.

Hannah Ellis said: “The Chancellor’s statement today was a disaster for Harlow and the villages. 

Labour have only been in Government three weeks and they have already cancelled our town centre funding, cut winter fuel payments for our pensioners and announced a review of our new hospital. 

During the General Election, our new Labour MP told us “Labour will just build it. No gimmicks, no tricks, just the new hospital Harlow needs.” Now, they’re trying to sell us the biggest trick going. 

The Office for Budget Responsibility audited our public finances shortly before the General Election. If anything has come as a surprise to them then they didn’t bother to read it. 

Since Labour were last in Government, Conservatives have more than halved the deficit, halved unemployment and despite a pandemic and global energy crisis, halved inflation too. 

“Politics is about choices. As politicians, we should own those choices. This is nothing more  a shameless attempt by Labour to lay the ground for taxes rises that they promised they wouldn’t do. I will continue to fight them every step of the way.”