Posted 3/9/2024, 2:33:07 PM
Reform UK Deputy Leader Blasts Budget as 'Utter Garbage', Questions NHS Funding While Former Chancellors Back Productivity Plans
- Reform UK Deputy Leader Ben Habib blasted the Budget as "utter garbage", accusing the government of "trashing the U.K."
- Habib criticized the Chancellor for not focusing on the needs of small businesses and the working classes
- There are questions around whether the NHS investment plans will generate the efficiency savings hoped for
- Dr Gerard Lyons warned that significantly improving UK public sector productivity will be welcome but may be hard to achieve
- Former Chancellors Kwasi Kwarteng and Alan Mak supported the productivity plans and NHS technology investment