Keir Starmer claims planned cuts to health spending 'hidden' in Budget

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: “I think a lot of people will be pretty astonished to know that the day-to-day funding for the NHS is being cut in yesterday’s Budget, hidden in that Budget was that cut.”

Speaking at the Royal Derby Hospital, which he said was “still struggling with Covid cases”, he said: “What’s coming next is the backlog of cases – 4.5 million people on waiting lists, understandably not been dealt with in the last year, so the NHS is going to have a really hard year and I think most people will be pretty astonished that the funding is being cut.”

The Budget documents revealed that there is a planned cut of £30 billion in day-to-day spending at the Department for Health and Social Care from April of this year, falling from £199.2 billion to £169.1 billion.

NHS England will see funding fall from £147.7 billion to £139.1 billion from next year, unless ministers commit to more funding for the health service.

Sir Keir said: “If you don’t fund the NHS day-to-day you are heading for trouble and if we have a health crisis we are going to have an economic crisis and so the two are linked.”

[nickielouder]

But it’s still our fault for not protecting the NHS

[jasondevon]

The NHS is funded more now than ever before, so shut up, Starmer. Labour always resort to whining about the NHS, play a new record!

[patricaoreilly]

Starmer on the NHS bandwagen. Speak up for homeless-job loses. People losing their homes- mass suicides in the country. You have been useless so far do your job & speak up for the common man & social problems. Thats if you really Care?

[NauticalNightmareDeep]

Kier Starmer the man who ignored the referendum result and thwarted the government’s efforts to Brexit now wants us to trust him 🙄