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SECRET Tory plans to slash NHS spending were exposed yesterday as Chancellor George Osborne tried to sell Britain the “Budget that cannot be believed.
”Mr Osborne delighted punters who bet that he would use the final budget before the election to boast about the success of his “long-term economic plan.”
But he mentioned the NHS just once in an hour-long monologue in Parliament.Labour leader Ed Miliband said that was because the Chancellor is hiding his plans to put Britain’s most cherished public service under the knife after the election.
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
Under current policy, welfare cuts are just a small downpayment on future austerity, argues MICHAEL BURKE