“There will be a substantial increase, I think from 280,000 to 330,000 nurses.”.......so said Mr Johnson on LBC ....same interview, he claimed “40 new hospitals will be built”. Same interview....Mr Johnson said: “I'm also proud that we're putting 20,000 more police out on the streets”.....so slightly fewer than the police numbers before the tories came to power.....
....then...Mr Johnson then turned to education, saying: “we're lifting up funding for every school in the country.”....Hmmm.....Lifting Up eh

I will enjoy the campaign in 5 years time

There's that deliberate obfuscation of the English language again. Lifting up as in raising it? Lifting up as in taking it away? How far are they lifting it up? A quid a year, for every school, would be classed as lifting up funding. It leaves the public with more questions than answers, and allows them to make it into whatever they want.

"Boris Johnson’s promise to employ an extra 50,000 NHS nurses has unravelled further after a cabinet minister suggested that the pledge would not be met for 10 years.

Nicky Morgan, the culture secretary, said the additional nurses would be in place “if you look in 10 years’ time” and struggled to explain how the government would convince current nurses not to leave."

And so the rowing back begins...

The 50,000 (well 30,000) new nurses would indeed be a great effort and you dont fancy their chances any time soon.
However, the promise of 40 new hospitals is far more of a stretch and I have offered a couple of wagers some "new" and old Tory voters, none of whom are prepared to back their leader.

The pledges of spending on public services were made to blunten Labours record on public services and it worked very well.
Will they deliver - not a fecking chance - does it matter ? only to those in need but, when have the Tories ever cared about the less fortunate in our society.
Their roll out of Universal credit and regular assessments to cut benefits have been a feature of the Conservative government for the last 10 years. There is zero prospect of any change to their style, although, trying to defend some of the new blue constituencies may keep them a little more honest.

In [i10[/i years' time? So basically, give us another 5 year term after this one, and judge us then. The nurses can has been kicked further down the road, and campaigning for the next election has already begun.