Rishi Sunak accused of misleading public over emergency NHS funding

Exclusive: Hospitals and councils have not received £300m in funding promised four months ago to free up beds

Rishi Sunak faces accusations he has misled the public after it emerged hospitals and councils have not received £300m in emergency funding to free up NHS beds that was first promised four months ago.

The government announced last September it was providing an extra £500m to get thousands of medically fit patients out of hospital into their own homes or social care as soon as possible to prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed this winter.