Lib Dems plan to ring-fence £7bn a year for NHS and social care

The Liberal Democrats plan to ring-fence £7bn a year to be spent on NHS and social care services. Publishing its manifesto yesterday (Wednesday 21 November), the party said the money would be generated from a 1p rise on the basic, higher and additional rates of income tax (not Scotland). It said the money would be…

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