Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
SN: Is the budget lower than it was... additional after a budget cut... it's not Labour asking you these questions, it's meminister was skewered on live TV as she repeatedly refused to say whether the NHS dentist budget has been slashed over the last 10 years.Dentists will be given bonuses of £20,000 to encourage them to move to areas where people are struggling to get appointments.
After Atkins repeated that “our budget is £3 billion”, the presenter told her: “Which is lower than it was.” For the third time, the minister said “It’s a £3bn budget”, prompting Nugent to ask: “So is it lower?”Stumbling over her words, Atkins said: “A lot has happened in those 10 years that you’re talking about.”