Responding to the publication of the Labour Party’s Manifesto that promises an “unprecedented slowdown” in NHS finances, Green Party Co-Leader Adrian Ramsay said,
“This Labour Party manifesto is a diagnosis of doom for our NHS and other frontline services.
“After 14 years of mismanagement and underfunding our health service is severely overstretched and crying out for real investment.
“Instead, the Labour Party has today promised investment of just 1.1% increase according to the Nuffield Trust, an “unprecedented slowdown in NHS finances”.
He continued, “Greens understand the severity of the crisis the NHS and have a plan to nurse it back to health.
“We are proposing a £50bn investment per year by 2030 alongside an additional £20bn capital investment fund.
“To quote the IFS “Labour continues in a conspiracy of silence on the difficulties they would face”.
“It’s time they were honest with the public.
“Our frontline services can’t keep limping on without real investment from real tax reform.”
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