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OUR prized National Health Service faces a £7 billion funding shortfall under “extreme” Tory plans to slash public spending, Labour warned last night.
The party’s Budget analysis shows Chancellor George Osborne will be forced to abandon promises to protect NHS spending in order meet his £30bn cuts target.
Mr Osborne said in Wednesday’s Budget that he will to cut spending for unprotected government departments by £13bnin the next Parliament to achieve the “savings.”
Mr Burnham's £2 cap on bus fares welcomed by trade unions
SOPHIE BOLT argues that spending more on military will harm rather than benefit Britain by diverting vital resources away from essential public services
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Government's plan means ‘extra cash for war and overseas interventions, but less for schools and hospitals,’ Unison general secretary Andrea Egan warns