LONDON: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves touted new funding for Britain’s National Health Service as an upside for voters in a crunch budget today, expected to be dominated by tax hikes and extra borrowing.The government will spend an extra £1.5bil (US$1.9bil) on surgical hubs and scanners as it tries to add two million NHS operations each year, the Treasury said.
It will also spend £70mil on new radiotherapy machines as part of a wider NHS spending package Reeves will set out today.
