Schools and hospitals ‘must find £11bn of cuts’ after Kwarteng spending freeze

Schools and hospitals ‘must find £11bn of cuts’ after Kwarteng spending freeze Schools and hospitals must find a whopping £11bn of cuts after the chancellor refused to protect their budgets from rampant inflation, experts say.

Kwasi Kwarteng is being warned that his decision to stick to 2021 spending allocations – despite prices now rising by 10 per cent – spells bad news “for stretched public services”. The Independent

See also:

• NHS Confederation responds to the Chancellor's comments on public sector spending NHS Confederation
• What does the mini budget mean for the NHS? The BMJ
• An insurance-based system is the only way to save the NHS The Daily Telegraph
• Treasury: No new NHS funding to deal with soaring inflation HSJ