Tax the rich to fund the NHS

Smith asks whether it is sensible to spend ever more on the NHS and less on education.1 As he knows, we are facing a serious emergency in health and care services—with over seven million patients waiting for NHS care; people dying on waiting lists and in ambulance queues; staff exhausted; and morale at rock bottom. The NHS has been deliberately underfunded over the past decade, and over £100bn of public money has been handed over to the private sector; no wonder our NHS is in acute danger. This is a deliberate government choice, but it’s not the choice of most people. And it doesn’t have to be this way.Leaving debate about how the money is spent, and perhaps starting with the removal of the costly purchaser-provider split, the advocacy organisation Tax Justice has the following suggestions for funding a decent universal health service, free at the point of use:Apply a…
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