This general election needs to be a turning point for people affected by cancer.
We’ve made huge progress on cancer in the last 50 years. But, today, waiting time targets aren’t being met. Many face unequal access to diagnosis and treatment. Over the next decade, there is a £1bn funding gap for life-saving research into cancer.
But this can change. You can drive that change.
Cancer Research UK’s manifesto details the policies that, if enacted by the UK Government, can help prevent 20,000 cancer deaths every year by 2040.
Nearly 1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetimes in the UK. Behind each statistic is a real person affected by cancer. Partners holding hands, waiting for news. Friends missing at birthdays. Parents up late worrying.
We need the next government to act on cancer.
If the next UK Government commits to backing research, ending cancers caused by smoking, driving earlier diagnoses, ending the waits, and leading on cancer, we can transform UK cancer survival to be amongst the best in the world.
Ahead of the general election, we are calling on you to back that ambition and make cancer a priority in your manifesto.
Our aim is simple: longer, better lives.
Yours sincerely,
Future voters and cancer campaigners