Theresa May accused of “lying” and underfunding the NHS by the Labour Party
The Labour Party accused Prime Minister Theresa May of under-funding the NHS and unveiled its health service offer before the General Election on June 8, reports The Independent.
John Ashworth said that May had “lied” about whether she was going to call a general election and that in the same vein she was being dishonest about whether she was adequately funding the health service.
The Labour Party announced they plan to end the Government’s 1%freeze on the NHS staff and will follow the recommendation of an independent party on what pay levels should be set at.
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In order to finance this policy, Labour would reverse the Conservatives’ cuts to corporate tax.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Ashworth explained: “We will give the NHS the funding it needs, it’s not had the funding it needs under this Conservative government.
“This election is all about Theresa May saying ‘trust her, trust her’ – well, first or all we know she lied about whether she was going to have a general election or not, but also she’s being dishonest about whether she’s given the NHS the money it asked for.”
Figures released by the ministers confirmed that the NHS’s budget will be cut as of 2017. NHS England will face a significant reduction o 0.6 per cent in real terms per person in 2018-19.
Prime Minister Theresa May and Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary claimed the plan is to put an extra £10 billion into the health service
“One of her first acts as Prime Minister was to get into a very unseemly public spat with Simon Stevens, the chief executive of the NHS who pointed out that the Government has not given the NHS the money it asked for. A Labour government will give the NHS it needs.”
NHS chief executive disputed the claim, while the Health Select Committee said the real investment figure was likely to be around £3.5 billion.
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Conservative MP Philip Dunne warned that only a vote for Theresa May would offer security for a growing economy and the adequate funding for the NHS.
“We’ve protected and increased the NHS budget and got thousands more staff in hospitals. But all that’s at risk with Jeremy Corbyn’s nonsensical economic policies that would mean less money for the NHS. Just look at Wales where Labour’s economic mismanagement mean they had to cut funding,” added Dunne.
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