Britain faces crises ranging from high inflation to a crumbling National Health Service. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made five promises to the British public – and wants voters to judge his government on whether those pledges are met. “No tricks, no ambiguity – we’re either delivering for you or we’re not,” Mr Sunak said in London in his first speech of the year.
What happens to energy prices will determine whether the target is hit – and they are already lower than expected. If energy prices rocket again, Mr Sunak will be able to claim the problem was out of his hands.What he said: “Second, we will grow the economy, creating better-paid jobs and opportunity right across the country.”
Mr Sunak did not set a target date for debt to be falling as a share of GDP beyond talking about the “medium term”. That presumably means 2027-28, which is the government’s stated deadline. On that basis, the OBR has him meeting the goal with £9 billion to spare. The lack of detail or timescale gives him ample room to claim victory here. NHS treatment backlogs are at a record 7.2 million and money has been committed in the short term to bring those down. The extra £3.3 billion in each of the next two years ought to succeed in reducing the urgent waiting-list crisis.
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