4 ms·
> austerity policies have cut back all public services to the point where they don't actually exist. the data doesn't seem to show this: https://www.gov.uk/go
by kmlx 5y ago
> austerity policies have cut back all public services to the point where they don't actually exist.
the data doesn't seem to show this:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-spending-statistics-release-february-2022/public-spending-statistics-february-2022 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-spending-sta...
spending on social protection and health have been going up like crazy. almost 500 billion gbp in a single year on those two alone.
spending as a whole has been going up, now accounting for 51% of GDP.
> Close to 10% of the entire country are currently on an NHS waiting list
covid
> Meanwhile, the tax burden in the UK has reached it's highest point in 70 years
covid + nhs.
While the pandemic was an extraordinary expense that has to be paid back, there is no easy solution for the NHS. People are living longer and longer, and the required pot of money for running the NHS is getting bigger and bigger. Something will need to change, and I think it will be more private healthcare.
- ratsforhorses 5y ago"there is no easy solution for the NHS. People are living longer and longer, and the required pot of money for running the NHS is getting bigger and bigger. Something will need to change, and I think it will be more private healthcare." Couldn't a solution be to outsource to countries where healthcare is cheaper? Taking advantage of the cheap flying options like Ryanair or Easyjet... As for immigration, why not use their (the immigrants) minds and manpower to deindustrialise agriculture and help turn England into a fruit and veg powerhouse... I mean the climate certainly has to have some advantages... In immigration it's interesting that Denmark is pursuing a similar deal with Rwanda https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/denmark-talks-with-rwanda-transfer-asylum-seekers-2022-04-20/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/denmark-talks-with-rwan...
- themitigating 5y agoWasn't one of the reasons some people voted to leave the EU immigrants?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- cjrp 5y agoChart 7.2 here is probably the most useful https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-spending-statistics-release-february-2022/public-spending-statistics-february-2022#trends-in-public-spending https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-spending-sta... since it goes back further than 2019/2020.
- Traster 5y agoYou’re arguing about a 12 year trend from 1 years data
- kmlx 4y ago1997 onwards: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-spending-statistics-release-february-2022/public-spending-statistics-february-2022#trends-in-public-spending https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-spending-sta...
- vidarh 5y agoThe NHS is one of the cheapest universal healthcare systems in the developed world. There is an easy answer: pay closer to what many other developed countries pay per capita. UK tax payers pay in the same ballpark as much per capita for unicersal healthcare as American taxpayers pay per capita for Medicare and Medicaid without getting anywhere close to universal cover.