Reeves Touts NHS Funding as Salve to Labour’s Tax-Raising Budget

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves touted new funding for Britain’s National Health Service as an upside for voters in a crunch budget this week expected to be dominated by tax hikes and extra borrowing.

The government will spend an extra £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) on surgical hubs and scanners as it tries to add 2 million NHS operations each year, the Treasury said. It will also spend £70 million on new radiotherapy machines as part of a wider NHS spending package Reeves will set out on Wednesday.

“I am putting an end to the neglect and underinvestment,” Reeves said ...