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Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including Theresa May's speech on plastics and the environment 11.43am GMT This is what Theresa May said when asked about the NHS. The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said the A&E waiting figures out today showed performance at a record low. Referring to the NHS Providers' call for NHS spending to rise significantly, and the fact that even some Tories are calling for increased NHS spending, Kuenssberg asked May if she thought they were wrong. Here is May's reply in full.As we know, every year in winter the national health service comes under additional pressure. We have seen the extra pressures that the NHS has come under this year.One of the issues that determines the extent of that pressure is flu and we have seen in recent days an increase in the number of people presenting at A&E from flu, and the NHS today has launched their national flu campaign. And I would encourage people to act on the advise that the NHS is giving, and also encourage NHS staff who haven't had the flue vaccine yet to have that vaccine. 11.15am GMT Q: What do you say to the claim you have only adopted this agenda recently for electoral reasons?May says she has a long-term interest in this. She used to be shadow environment secretary, she says. Continue reading...