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Labour's first Budget will not be enough to restore NHS to health, Chancellor Reeves warns
Labour's first Budget will not be enough to restore NHS to health, Chancellor Reeves warns
JAM tomorrow at the very earliest was Labour ministers’ pre-Budget pledge as the government struggles to move on from its misery messaging.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves warned that Wednesday’s long-awaited Budget will not be enough to restore the NHS to health.
Her gloomy outlook was echoed by Health Secretary Wes Streeting as the Cabinet’s two leading Blairites competed to dampen expectations of any early turn-around in the national malaise.
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But general secretary Roz Foyer says decision to keep two-child cap and winter fuel payment are ‘especially disappointing’
‘Labour’s plans to spend more on the NHS, schools and housing welcome. But budget falls far short of what a real government for workers should do’
