But shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said the four-hour target only served some patients.

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Martin Shalley, president of the British Association of Emergency Medicine, said the four-hour target had put doctors under "huge pressure".

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But shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg accused the government of being "out of touch" on school sport by not backing the two-hour target.

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