[andrewb]

Originally Posted by garinda

It's the ultra-conservative Daily Mail, which has screaming headlines about NHS funding being slashed in real terms, because the budget rise was less than the rise in inflation.

The Tory press are the ones who are doing the scaremongering. Suprisingly.

'...there was further controversy after it emerged that next year’s NHS funding rise is below the level of inflation – meaning the amount of money available is in reality a cut. This breaks an election pledge by the Tories for real-term increases.'
Massive NHS shake-up but pen-pushers will survive with jobs running NEW system | Mail Online

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"A spokesman for David Cameron said there was no question of NHS budget cuts, and that if inflation remained higher than the 3 per cent planned rise, extra money would be found."