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Theresa May – NHS to be given £20 billion ‘birthday present’

Andrew Marr’s pre-recorded interview with the Prime Minister has led the day’s news coverage, featuring some notable highlights. Perhaps the biggest takeaway is the announcement that the government will be injecting £20 billion of extra cash into the National Health Service over the next five years. May explained her proposals in more detail:

The NHS in England is to receive an extra £20bn a year as a 70th "birthday present", Theresa May tells #Marr https://t.co/rymEFOPEnR pic.twitter.com/ov6ldmkOMX

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 17, 2018

AM: The NHS is 70 years old… What are you bringing to the birthday party?

TM: …We’re going to ensure there’s a 10-year plan for the NHS. That will be a plan for world-class health care – more doctors, more nurses. It means extra money. Significantly more money going into the NHS… Some people may remember seeing a figure on the side of a bus a while back, of £350m a week in cash.