There is a more than a whiff of xenophobia, wild misdirection and political pantomime at the heart of Reform UK's proposals on the NHS, writes the Bear
Absolutely right. What the NHS needs is less meddling, fewer political “bright ideas” and more funding. The NHS has one of the higher multiplier effects where every £ spent by government into the NHS produces more ££’s spent into local communities by all those extra doctors, nurses, porters, cleaners etc. (assuming they can still be trained and recruited). A better health service also means people get back to living their lives again more quickly, in employment, retirement or whatever and spending money again.
Incidentally, taxes and NI don’t pay for the NHS, or anything else. The government creates the money through the BoE. See Richard Murphy, Stephanie Kelton, Scotonomics and others on MMT.
Absolutely right. What the NHS needs is less meddling, fewer political “bright ideas” and more funding. The NHS has one of the higher multiplier effects where every £ spent by government into the NHS produces more ££’s spent into local communities by all those extra doctors, nurses, porters, cleaners etc. (assuming they can still be trained and recruited). A better health service also means people get back to living their lives again more quickly, in employment, retirement or whatever and spending money again.
Incidentally, taxes and NI don’t pay for the NHS, or anything else. The government creates the money through the BoE. See Richard Murphy, Stephanie Kelton, Scotonomics and others on MMT.