Ed Balls, the Shadow Chancellor, has called for £1bn in bank fines to be used to fund the NHS . The money has been demanded by the Financial Conduct Authority as a penalty for the banks manipulating currency exchanges . The NHS has gone backwards since this current government took control, not only is it harder to see a GP but waiting lists in hospitals are on the rise again, A&E departments are in crisis, frontline NHS staff have been cut and most recently the Conservatives are trying to privatise the NHS ! If you need any reminding about how important the NHS is then all you need to do is watch Harry Leslie Smith's NHS speech . We need to do whatever we can to safeguard the NHS and protect it from declining any further. £1bn from the banks is a brilliant boost to the NHS but this is only a short term fix to these long term problems . What we need is a long term credible plan to fix the NHS and bring ...
Political Thoughts and Ideas by Diogo Rodrigues