Budget Resolutions - Income Tax (Charge)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:31 pm on 30 October 2018.

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Photo of Matthew Hancock Matthew Hancock Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 1:31, 30 October 2018

I want to make some progress.

I received some representations about what we should do on NHS funding. One was from a John from Hillingdon, who called for a 2.2% increase in funding. John said that would make the NHS the “envy of the world”. Others may preach a gospel of envy, but we are getting on with building the NHS to be there for us all. The £20 billion increase I have talked about is not a 2.2% per year increase—it is 3.4% a year more over the next five years.