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As long as the NHS ‘wins’, the public will always lose

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The NHS is poised to be the big winner’ in the Budget , according to reports.

Rachel Reeves is set to increase cash for running the health service and change fiscal rules to allow for more capital spending in the service.

But it's the day-to-day spending that continues to cripple the UK ’s finances.

Labour knows that one of the most important factors in whether the party succeeds is how fast and effectively it can get the 7.6 m waiting list down.

While the NHS budget continued to go up in real terms, departments such as Justice took a brutal beating. This was a cycle that Labour said it would break. But with the Budget looking increasingly like more of the same, this Government is under even more pressure to deliver the start of its “reform or die” plans or risk even further decline. Kate Andrews is economics editor at The Spectator Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the day 's agenda from The Telegraph - direct to your inbox seven days a week..