Originally Posted by
ninianclark
The Manifesto pledge was was for employed people you are talking about self employed (there is a difference ya know) , the law that made pledge a reality made no mention of self employed people at all.
ps - you are talking to an ex NHS worker - there is so much wastage in the NHS - that needs fixing first - and in fairness is being address - with any savings made being reinvested (well in England it is) Wales NHS budget has been reduced by the WAG, I dont think the WAG ring fenced any budget.
Personally I think an extra £2.40p / 60p a week (which is the increase mentioned yesterday) could be paid by everyone - and use to give to the NHS. The issue being is that spending demands by the NHS are increasing by about 5% year on year - which is why they wanted to do a top down re org of it. A massive PFI debt doesnt exactly help it either.