The Budget: Webminster MPs respond
News Article 18 April 2002
MPs with sites in the Webminster section of ePolitix.com give their verdict on Gordon Brown's budget.
No easy way to fund NHS, says Number 10
News Article 18 April 2002
There is no easy way to fund the health service, Downing Street has said in its defence of the Budget tax rises.
NHS boost leaves less for rival departments
News Article 18 April 2002
As government departments count the cost of the chancellor's NHS splurge, ministers are left to fight over a planned £1.6 billion increase in spending in 2003/04.
Chancellor challenged on tax rise gamble
News Article 18 April 2002
Gordon Brown's decision to fund NHS investment by increases in national insurance is "an own goal" a hospital consultant has warned.
Budget: Fleet Street's verdict
News Article 18 April 2002
Gordon Brown yesterday drew a line under the third-way rhetoric of New Labour when he announced significant tax increases to fund an NHS cash bonanza.
Milburn looks to 'real' improvements in NHS
News Article 18 April 2002
Alan Milburn has staked the government's reputation on "real and significant" improvements in the health service before the next general election.
Taxes to rise in Brown Budget
Press Review 17 April 2002
Forum Brief: Pensioners' Budget response
Policy Consultation 17 April 2002
Elderly taxpayers will be able to set the first £6,610 of their income against tax, Gordon Brown has announced.
Forum Brief: Environmental Budget response
Policy Consultation 17 April 2002
During his Budget speech, the chancellor said: "There is a huge potential for British firms to capture new world markets by investing in environmentally-friendly technologies and creating new businesses and
Forum Brief: Business Budget response
Policy Consultation 17 April 2002
Gordon Brown has today gambled his reputation as a shrewd political operator on tax increases to fund a massive injection of funds into the National Health Service.
Forum Brief: Education sector Budget response
Policy Consultation 17 April 2002
Schools and universities have been promised a "significant" increase in spending, by the chancellor in his budget speech.
Forum Brief: Health sector Budget response
Policy Consultation 17 April 2002
Gordon Brown has announced a rapid increase in NHS spending, broadly in line with the conclusions of Derek Wanless in his review of future health spending needs.
Forum Brief: Wanless Report
Policy Consultation 17 April 2002
The Wanless report has today called for a greater percentage of national income to be spent on healthcare over the next two decades.
Health workers support Budget
News Article 17 April 2002
The chancellor's NHS spending boost has been given a warm welcome by frontline staff who are calling on the government to ensure pay and conditions are improved.
Nationalists slam 'pay more get less' Budget
News Article 17 April 2002
The Scottish and Welsh nationalist parties have slammed the Budget for continuing to underfund key services.
