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"I'm afraid there is no money" seems to be the unofficial tagline for George Osborne's Autumn Statement this year, echoing former Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne's parting billet-doux to his successor in 2010.
This is because the Chancellor doesn't seem to be planning to spend any new money on the funding announcements he will make tomorrow. Nowhere is this starker than on the NHS.
He will give the health service a £2bn annual funding boost, but it has emerged that £750m of this spending is being reallocated from within the Department of Health itself. The rest of the money will come from the Treasury (£1.3bn), efficiency savings, and under-spending in other Whitehall departments.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/12/labour-accuses-george-osborne-spin-over-nhs-spending
This is because the Chancellor doesn't seem to be planning to spend any new money on the funding announcements he will make tomorrow. Nowhere is this starker than on the NHS.
He will give the health service a £2bn annual funding boost, but it has emerged that £750m of this spending is being reallocated from within the Department of Health itself. The rest of the money will come from the Treasury (£1.3bn), efficiency savings, and under-spending in other Whitehall departments.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/12/labour-accuses-george-osborne-spin-over-nhs-spending