Streeting defends Labour’s national insurance hike as health secretary urges Farage to ‘come clean’ over Reform’s NHS plans

Labour’s Wes Streeting defended the national insurance hike, challenging critics like Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch to explain how they would fund a reversal of the policy change. The tax increase, which comes into effect today, is being used to improve the NHS, funding two million additional operations, scans, and appointments. Streeting accused Reform UK and the Conservatives of planning to pull billions from NHS funding, asking for clarification on which areas they would cut if in government.

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