Conservative MP and former health minister Dan Poulter has announced his defection to Labour.
The former health minister and Conservative MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich announced his decision on Saturday.The MP said that his 20 night shifts over the past year had been a “truly life-changing” experience, witnessing an "overstretched" health service first-hand.Mr Poulter also labelled the Conservatives a "nationalist party of the right".The defection was confirmed by Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and MP Wes Streeting.
As part of his announcement, made during an interview with The Guardian, Mr Poulter said he would not seek re-election to the House of Commons at the next general election.Writing in the Observer, he explained that "working on the frontline of a health service under great strain left me at times, as an MP, struggling to look my NHS colleagues, my patients and my constituents in the eye.
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