Tory economic plan is irresponsible

We love the NHS. We clapped for health workers and carers in the first wave of the pandemic. A large majority of us want to keep an NHS which is free at the point of use for all.

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But public satisfaction with the service has fallen to its lowest since 1997, according to a recent British Social Attitudes survey, and increasing numbers are not happy with the standards of care provided.

Therese Coffey this week became the latest health secretary to pledge improvements for England, but are quick fixes possible, or is root-and-branch reform needed, and could other countries provide an answer?

Germany has a public health system, but one which is funded in a wholly different way. According to the Commonwealth Fund think tank, around 86% of the population there are enrolled in schemes run by not-for-profit insurance organisations known as sickness funds.

People can choose which fund they sign up to. These are paid for by deductions from wages with employee and employer contributions. Some small out-of-pocket payments are required for hospital visits and medicines.

In a wide-ranging interview with Nick Robinson for his Political Thinking podcast, Mr Corbyn said he "had more of a smile", when the chancellor set out his plans in the Commons.

"I was thinking [about] all the condemnation I received for putting forward a proposal for a national investment bank and regional investment banks and investment banks for Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland and was told this was grossly irresponsible," he said.

"[Then-shadow chancellor] John McDonnell at the same time had said we would not borrow to cover day-to-day spending, we would only borrow for investment."

In contrast, he said the government was now in the process of borrowing billions "to pay for for day-to-day expenditure because they"ve just cut their own income level".

The Islington North MP was leader of the Labour party from 2015 to April 2020 but was suspended from the party in October 2020 over his reaction to a highly critical report about anti-Semitism in the party under his leadership.

He was later readmitted as a member but still sits as an independent MP in the Commons as the Labour whip has not been restored.

Mr Corbyn said "the way to bring the party together and move forward is to reinstate the whip", adding that Labour should be focusing on issues like poverty and unemployment rather than the internal workings of the party.