Reeves to boost UK health service funding


FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks on stage at the Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

LONDON: UK chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves will set aside billions of pounds for the National Health Service (NHS) in her budget next week as the institution kicks off an extensive programme of reform.

Reeves is planning to announce real-term increases to the NHS’s day-to-day budget in this tax year and the next, anonymous government sources told the Times newspaper, though detailed allocations have yet to be agreed.

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