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Patients in England with suspected cancer will be guaranteed tests and results within a week by 2020 under Labour plans paid for by a levy on tobacco firms.
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Labour leader Ed Miliband declared his ambition for the National Health Service to have the best cancer survival rates in Europe, a goal which could save 10,000 lives a year.
The cancer test guarantee will be funded with £750 million raised over the five years of the next parliament by a new tax on tobacco companies "whose products cause so much ill health and suffering", Mr Miliband said.
