General election 2019: Labour vows to outspend Tories on the NHS

General election 2019: Labour vows to outspend Tories on the NHS Labour is promising to spend more on the NHS in England than the Tories if it wins the general election.

The NHS budget would rise to £155bn by 2023-24 - £6bn more than the government promised the front-line budget would reach by that stage when it set out its five-year plan last year.

Labour said the money would cut waiting times and boost mental health services.

But the Tories said Labour's plan for a shorter working week would eat into the funding due to the need for more staff. BBC News

See also:

• Labour pledges a step-change in NHS funding after almost a decade of austerity The Health Foundation
• The King's Fund responds to Labour’s pledge to boost health care funding The King's Fund
• Labour’s pledge to spend more on NHS a ‘significant extra investment’ NHS Confederation
• Nigel Edwards responds to Labour's 'NHS Rescue Plan' Nuffield Trust
• General practice is a 'big ticket' issue for General Election – but GPs and patients will want swift action from new government, says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
• General election 2019: Tory plan to attract more NHS staff from abroad BBC News
• Battle for the NHS: Jeremy Corbyn promises another £26BILLION for the NHS funded by 'tax on the rich' - as Tories point out Labour's four-day working week would make running health service impossible The Daily Mail
• How will Labour put an extra £26bn into the NHS by 2024?  The Guardian
• Labour vows to outspend Tories with £26bn ‘rescue’ plan for NHS The Guardian
• Labour pledges £26bn NHS rescue plan amid warnings of ‘year round crisis’ The Independent
• Are Labour’s plans for NHS spending all they seem? The Independent
• Could a post-Brexit trade deal with the US cost the NHS £500 million a week? ITV News