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Labour recognises the important role public services play in the lives of families across the country. While tough choices do need to be made, Labour’s approach to make taxation play a larger role in getting the deficit down would ensure that public spending on vital public services would not be cut at the level currently proposed by the Government.

Alan Johnson MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, said:

“This is a reckless gamble with people’s livelihoods and the case for it is unravelling fast.”

David Cameron promised above inflation increases every year for the NHS, but George Osborne has announced a below inflation rise, with no more money at all for next year. That also means a cash standstill for the NHS between 10/11 and 11/12 with no additional funding to allow the NHS to keep up with inflation.

The CSR document also confirms the coalition is scrapping measures the Conservatives had promised to protect, including one-to-one nursing care for cancer patients, free prescriptions for long-term conditions and the guarantee of one-week cancer tests.

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