Andrew Gwynne, Labour’s Shadow Health Minister, responding to reports that two-thirds of treatments will be cut from the Cancer Drugs Fund, said:

“At the election the Tories promised they would continue to invest in cancer drugs. This is yet another broken promise, from a Prime Minister who can no longer be trusted on the NHS.

“On David Cameron’s watch growing numbers of patients are waiting too long to get tested for cancer and the NHS has repeatedly missed the two-month waiting-time target for cancer treatment too.

“When it comes to cancer, patients are being badly let down by the Tories.”