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  Mr Hunt, the Health Secretary, should "clarify" claims that expenditure on the NHS had risen in "real terms" every year under
  
  the Coalition, the UK Statistics Authority said.
  
  The chairman of the authority, Andrew Dilnot, issued the rebuke after upholding a complaint by Labour about statements by the
  
  Prime Minister and other senior Tories.
  
  Labour demanded that Mr Cameron correct his "misleading boasts" about protecting NHS resources.
  
  Mr Dilnot's letter will be a blow to Mr Cameron, who repeatedly promised to protect the NHS in the run up to the last general
  
  election and in numerous public statements since.
  
  The health service is seen as one of the Conservatives' most vulnerable policies after sweeping reforms to the structure of the
  
  NHS met with widespread opposition from medical professionals.
  
  The reforms eventually became law earlier this year, but only after a bruising fight that forced an unprecedented "pause" in the
  
  progress of the Bill through Parliament.

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