#nhs-funding

#nhs-funding

The party claimed in its manifesto that this would improve the general standard of care by reducing demands on the NHS. Its leader, Nigel Farage, appeared to double down on this commitment at a press conference last summer, saying: Perhaps if we gave people a bit of tax relief on paying for private health care, we might just relieve the pressure off the National Health Service.

Donald Trump's attempt to ransom us over the sovereignty of a Nato ally is an act of economic thuggery that cannot go unanswered. The prime minister's strategy of appeasement has failed. We must show the White House that the UK will not be bullied into submission while our industries are targeted and our sovereign allies are threatened. The government must immediately cancel the 3bn Trump tax' on our NHS.

There were an estimated 16,644 excess deaths associated with long A&E waits before admission in England in 2024, according to analysis by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Sir Ed said: "This deadly corridor crisis isn't befitting of the heroic doctors, nurses and other health professionals who work in our NHS. "It's not what we expect from our NHS, and it's not what we pay our hard-earned money in taxes to fund our NHS for."

The UK and the US have agreed a deal to keep tariffs on UK pharmaceutical shipments into America at zero. Under the agreement the UK will pay more for medicines through the NHS in return for a guarantee that US import taxes on pharmaceuticals made in the UK will remain at zero for three years. The deal comes after US President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs to as high as 100% on branded drug imports.

The chancellor's decision is a setback for the health secretary, who had been lobbying behind the scenes in Whitehall for extra money to pay off 18,000 personnel who are losing their jobs. The Treasury has instead allowed the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to overspend its allotted budget by about 1bn this financial year. But this is on the understanding that it will have less money in 2026-27 and no new cash overall. Streeting had spent months trying to persuade the Treasury to grant additional funding to enable the NHS's 42 integrated care boards to start slimming down their role.

I ended up getting quite down because of the difficulties I was encountering, and then I didn't work for a little while; but I'm delighted to say that I am now working again.

His Majesty's Revenue and Customs will take approximately 45% of Christian Horner's reported £80million settlement for leaving his role at Red Bull according to analysts at OLBG. The 51-year-old, who was valued a reported £40,000,000 prior to this windfall, will more than double his net worth once taxes have been paid to the state. Fortunately for Horner, he should not have to pay National Insurance as termination payments are not generally considered as earnings.

Although few people seem to have fully grasped this at the time, the 22.6bn boost in last year's budget is being absorbed by inflation, higher national insurance contributions and pay rises including the 22.3% awarded to resident doctors restricting scope for spending elsewhere. The difficulties involved in the ambitious behind-the-scenes reorganisation that Mr Streeting initiated in the spring have also become clearer.

"Introducing VAT on private health provision could provide vital funding for the NHS and social care," Kinnock said. "Ending the VAT exemption to generate much-needed revenue is a reasonable and widely-supported step."

Bexley Council has confirmed it will give a grant of 359,196 to Crayford Town Surgery to implement work which will see the creation of two new clinic rooms.

The NHS is facing a crisis reminiscent of medieval health inequality, with spending soaring due to rising child poverty and untreated illnesses in the poorest communities.

The Resolution Foundation warned that Reeves could be forced into further tax increases to maintain higher levels of spending, emphasizing the need for fiscal caution.