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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 23 October 2012.

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Photo of Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt The Secretary of State for Health 11:30, 23 October 2012

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: that is a mendacious scare story that is being put out on the ground. Real-terms spending on the NHS has increased across the country, which has not been possible across all Government Departments. Because of that, we are able to invest more in patient care, cancer drugs, doctors and facilities across the country, and indeed in Kettering.

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Richard Taylor
Posted on 22 Jan 2014 11:06 am (Report this annotation)

The statement:

"Real-terms spending on the NHS has increased across the country"

was challenged by the opposition, prompting a letter from the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority and a related vote in the House of Commons.

Further details are available at:

http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2012-12-12&am...

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Richard Taylor
Posted on 22 Jan 2014 11:21 am (Report this annotation)

The link appears to have broken so here's a shortened version

http://bit.ly/1fZin2X