Osborne's £500 million raid on the NHS
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If we thought all of the budget nasties were out already with
the “granny tax”, we were wrong. Hidden in the budget red book is the
news the Osborne has clawed back £500 million from the NHS, and it’s
feared the money is going to deficit reduction. Or in other words, that
NHS budget looks a little less “protected”.
The HSJ reports:
“Figures published in this week’s Budget show that the Department of
Health underspent its allocated funding by £900m this year. While £400m
will be rolled over for the department to spend in 2012-13, the
remaining £500m has been returned to the Treasury.”
Ed Balls has
said: “The tax grab on pensioners was not the only hidden bombshell in
the Budget. David Cameron and George Osborne have silently taken half a
billion pounds from the National Health Service.
“Yet at the same
time George Osborne has given a £3 billion tax cut to the richest people
in the county – a tax cut worth over £40,000 for the 14,000 people
earning over £1 million.
“It tells you everything you need to know
about this government that they’re prepared to take money from
pensioners and our NHS, while giving a tax cut to the richest people in
our country.
“Some people thought the Tories had changed, but with
this one Budget we’ve seen their true colour's. It’s the same old
Tories – a Budget where millions are asked to pay more so millionaires
could pay less.”
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