Securing the future: Will the public pay?
Research suggests health and social care spending will need to rise by 2–3 per cent of national income. Is the public willing to pay?
New research suggests health and social care spending is likely to need to rise by 2–3 per cent of national income over the next 15 years. Funding this uplift would almost certainly require an increase in taxes. But is the public willing to pay?
Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, gives his view.
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