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[webfact]

UK PM Johnson ready to fast-track health funding to meet Brexit pledge

By Elizabeth Piper

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the first meeting of the National Policing Board at the Home Office in London, Britain July 31, 2019. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will fast-track funding for Britain's public health service, announcing 1.8 billion pounds ($2.19 billion) to upgrade 20 hospitals, part of the new leader's push to meet his Brexit pledges.

 

Johnson, a figurehead for the "Leave" campaign in the 2016 referendum, promoted the idea emblazoned on a bus that Britain could spend 350 million pounds a week on the National Health Service if it left the European Union.

 

Britain's new prime minister is moving quickly to meet that and other Brexit pledges, a bid to restore some of the trust in politicians that has been eroded in the three years since the referendum that deeply divided the country.

 

But by ushering in a spending spree on health, education and policing after years of economic austerity, Johnson has fuelled expectations of an early election - something his team says will not happen before Britain leaves the EU on Oct. 31.

 

Writing in the Sunday Times newspaper, Johnson said he wanted to get more funding to the frontline of the NHS to try to stop the "the delays, the cancellations".

 

"Which is why I am so determined to deliver now on the promises of that 2016 referendum campaign: not just to honour the will of the people, but to increase the cash available for this amazing national institution," he wrote.

 

"It is thanks to this country's strong economic performance that we are now able to announce 1.8 billion pounds more for the NHS to buy vital new kit and confirm new upgrades for 20 hospitals across the country."

 

A source confirmed the government was planning to bring forward a commitment made by his predecessor Theresa May to give the NHS an additional 20 billion pounds by 2023 to boost a service that is one of Britain's most beloved institutions.

 

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Johnson has said he is willing to funnel more money into public services, using the previous government's so-called "fiscal headroom", which had been earmarked to support the economy through a no deal.

 

But on Thursday, the Bank of England lowered its growth forecasts, showing a one-in-three chance that the economy would be shrinking in annual terms by the end of the first quarter of next year, even without a disruptive Brexit.

 

Asked where the money would come from for the NHS, James Cleverly, chairman of the governing Conservative Party, said the funding would come from "economic growth".

 

"We're now in a place where the economy is performing significantly better, much better, and that enables us to do what all governments want to do which is to make sure the public services on which people rely are in good order," he told Sky News.

 

But the main opposition Labour Party said the pledge for the NHS did not go far enough to rebuild a service.

 

"Our NHS is facing a backlog of 6 billion pounds worth of repairs, putting patients safety, patients lives at risk every day," Labour's health policy chief Jon Ashworth said, adding that the opposition party would put more money in.

 

Ashworth said he suspected the government was on an election footing for later this year, when Labour and even some Conservative lawmakers say they will do anything to try to stop Johnson from leading Britain out of the EU without a deal.

 

It is widely expected that Labour will bring a motion of no confidence in the government after parliament returns to work in September to try to stop a no deal, but Johnson's top aide was reported as saying such a move would not work.

 

Dominic Cummings, one of the architects of the Leave campaign, was reported by the Sunday Telegraph as saying that Johnson could schedule a national election after the Oct. 31 deadline if he lost a vote of no confidence.

 

"(Lawmakers) don't realise that if there is a no-confidence vote in September or October, we'll call an election for after the 31st and leave anyway," Cummings was quoted by one source as saying.

 

Ashworth was undeterred.

 

"There will be opportunities for us when parliament returns in September to stop no deal," Ashworth told Sky News.

 

"The government will have to bring forward appropriate legislation to prepare for this Brexit no-deal exit that they want. And we will use all the means available to us in parliament ... and we will work to stop no deal."

 

($1 = 0.8228 pounds)

 

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; editing by David Evans and Raissa Kasolowsky)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-08-05

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[sirineou]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

"It is thanks to this country's strong economic performance that we are now able to announce 1.8 billion pounds more for the NHS to buy vital new kit and confirm new upgrades for 20 hospitals across the country."

Yeaaaa????

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

But on Thursday, the Bank of England lowered its growth forecasts, showing a one-in-three chance that the economy would be shrinking in annual terms by the end of the first quarter of next year, even without a disruptive Brexit.

Ohhh Noooo????

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Asked where the money would come from for the NHS, James Cleverly, chairman of the governing Conservative Party, said the funding would come from "economic growth".

Wait... what?  now I am confused????

 

[tomacht8]

Asked where the money would come from for the NHS, James Cleverly, chairman of the governing Conservative Party, said the funding would come from "economic growth".

 

oh dear.
where has the realism gone?

Additional debts nothing else.

[evadgib]

Here's what it looked like before reuters got hold of it:

PM announces extra £1.8 billion for NHS frontline services

[Baerboxer]

5 hours ago, sirineou said:

Yeaaaa????

Ohhh Noooo????

Wait... what?  now I am confused????

 

 

They will lie, lie, promise, cheat and lie some more.

 

No confusion really 555 !

[Krataiboy]

5 hours ago, sirineou said:

Ohhh Noooo

  5 hours ago, webfact said:

Asked where the money would come from for the NHS, James Cleverly, chairman of the governing Conservative Party, said the funding would come from "economic growth".

 

He's not called Cleverly for nothing.

[Srikcir]

3 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

Asked where the money would come from for the NHS

I wonder if in part from the UK defaulting on its £50billion Brexit divorce bill with the EU.

• The EU line is that it would not negotiate any kind of trade deal with the UK after a no-deal, unless three things were settled: the Irish border, citizens' rights, and the financial settlement. So any neglect of any of those things would see the UK locked out of a trading relationship with its largest neighbour. That means the EU strategy in the case of the UK not paying the divorce bill would be to wait for it to be paid.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-divorce-bill-uk-not-pay-what-happens-tory-leadership-contest-w-a8952581.html

[Chomper Higgot]

Johnson promises to spend money on the back of an economic growth that doesn’t exist.

 

There’s a name for such behaviour.

 

 

 

 

[sawadee1947]

6 hours ago, sirineou said:

Yeaaaa????

Ohhh Noooo????

Wait... what?  now I am confused????

 

Oh dear, get used to Liar's speech 

[Loiner]

More Remainer and MSM anti Boris propaganda. The more they hate him the better he becomes.
Suddenly they are all concerned about where the money will come from. Maybe it’s from Jezza’s stash for uni fees that they never queried?


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[dunroaming]

2 hours ago, Loiner said:

More Remainer and MSM anti Boris propaganda. The more they hate him the better he becomes.
Suddenly they are all concerned about where the money will come from. Maybe it’s from Jezza’s stash for uni fees that they never queried?


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The amount of money "pledged" is pathetic.  It is to patch up the hospitals that are in a terrible state of repair and upgrade some of the out of date equipment.  What about the 100,000 shortage in nurses?  How about money for recruitment?  What is needed is about 6 billion to make any significant difference. 1.8 billion is like putting a sticking plaster on a gunshot wound.

[roquefort]

5 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Johnson promises to spend money on the back of an economic growth that doesn’t exist.

 

There’s a name for such behaviour.

 

 

 

 

It's called politics.

[Loiner]

The amount of money "pledged" is pathetic.  It is to patch up the hospitals that are in a terrible state of repair and upgrade some of the out of date equipment.  What about the 100,000 shortage in nurses?  How about money for recruitment?  What is needed is about 6 billion to make any significant difference. 1.8 billion is like putting a sticking plaster on a gunshot wound.

The NHS is a black hole that will squander and waste every extra penny put into it.
May already promised 20 Bn a year ago.

[puipuitom]

8 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

He's not called Cleverly for nothing.

When THIS is "Cleverly" how "Stupidity" should look like... ?

 

Oh wait.. look at economic news… Clear..

See how the GBP slipped down since 25 July at = € 1,1212 and today €1,0882 this over £ 288,9 Bn export and over £ 353,0 Bn imports/yr from the EU … = (1,1212-1,0882)* ( 288,9+353,0 = £ 21,1827 Bn.

We simply forget the exchange rate to non-EU states: =(1,1212-1,0882)*(345,1+312,1) = £ 21,6876 Bn.

Evaporated in just 10 days… more as the entire "divorse bill": £ 42,870 Bn. Or compared 2with the annual "contribution", see HoC library, briefing paper CBP 7886 of 24 June 2019, page 3.

 

And still the British do not revolt against this bunch of liars in government.

[puipuitom]

4 hours ago, dunroaming said:

The amount of money "pledged" is pathetic.  It is to patch up the hospitals that are in a terrible state of repair and upgrade some of the out of date equipment.  What about the 100,000 shortage in nurses?  How about money for recruitment?  What is needed is about 6 billion to make any significant difference. 1.8 billion is like putting a sticking plaster on a gunshot wound.

Do Not worry: 1 Nov.. and all problems are solved: £ 350 million per WEEK = £ 18,2 Bn per year…  pfiffle phaffle, wiffle waffle...

What happened with the brains of so many British ? A new terrorist weapon ?

[Basil B]

10 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Johnson promises to spend money on the back of an economic growth that doesn’t exist.

 

There’s a name for such behaviour.

 

 

 

 

One should not worry to much about him, the Mathematically challenged Chancellor or the other misfits appointed to government as he is likely to beat George Canning to be the PM who served the shortest term of office,  Canning who served as PM for only 119 day in 1827, Johnson took office on July 24th and may well be out long before Oct 31st. July 24th to Oct 31st = 99 days...

[billd766]

16 hours ago, sirineou said:

Yeaaaa????

Ohhh Noooo????

Wait... what?  now I am confused????

 

I cannot remember the few times in the last few years that the BoE got their forecasts correct but I don't think I need all the fingers of both hands to count them, especially under Carney.

 

9 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

Sorry wrong post.

 

[billd766]

11 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

They will lie, lie, promise, cheat and lie some more.

 

No confusion really 555 !

Did you mean just as the Remainer PM Teresa May did for 3 years?

 

9 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

Oh dear, get used to Liar's speech 

 

See above.

[billd766]

9 minutes ago, Basil B said:

One should not worry to much about him, the Mathematically challenged Chancellor or the other misfits appointed to government as he is likely to beat George Canning to be the PM who served the shortest term of office,  Canning who served as PM for only 119 day in 1827, Johnson took office on July 24th and may well be out long before Oct 31st. July 24th to Oct 31st = 99 days...

OTOH he may still be there.

 

It depends on whether your glass is half full or half empty.

[Basil B]

17 minutes ago, billd766 said:

I cannot remember the few times in the last few years that the BoE got their forecasts correct but I don't think I need all the fingers of both hands to count them, especially under Carney.

 

 

Well seems to me the Savid is all out buying votes with money we have not got so they will need to call an election before holdinding a budget where taxes will have to rise significantly to bridge the shortfall created by the irresponsible spending to buy popularity.

 

[oldhippy]

How much is 1 billion these days?

1.000 million or 1.000.000 mlilion?