Calls grow to tax private healthcare in bid to fund NHS shortfall

Author: Business Matters
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Labour is under pressure to apply VAT to private healthcare, potentially unlocking £2bn a year to support the NHS. With waiting lists still soaring and fiscal pressures mounting, removing VAT exemptions on private medical services could be framed as tax fairness rather than a policy reversal. Critics warn of capital flight, but momentum is building within Labour ranks for bolder taxation measures as a way to shore up public services.

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