Liz Truss plan to divert NHS funds to social care is ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’

Liz Truss plan to divert NHS funds to social care is ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ Liz Truss would be “robbing Peter to pay Paul” if she diverted £13bn of funding for the NHS to deal with a Covid backlog in social care, experts have said.

The Conservative leadership frontrunner told a hustings on Tuesday night that she would spend the £13bn earmarked for the NHS to catch up on delayed treatment after Covid on social care instead. The Guardian

See also:

• Liz Truss' plan to rescue social care sector if she wins Tory leadership race receives lukewarm response from campaigners The Daily Mail
• Liz Truss plan to divert NHS billions to social care like ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ The Independent
• Truss pledges to allocate £13bn to social care Local Government Chronicle