Labour's Ed Miliband pledges to boost NHS spending

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Labour leader Ed Miliband will pledge to increase spending on the NHS in England in his party conference speech on Tuesday, the BBC understands.

He will say a "mansion tax" on homes worth more than £2m will help pay for the extra funding.

Labour is currently refusing to comment on what it describes as "speculation".

The party has yet to spell out details of how its mansion tax would work. It could raise around £1.7bn a year, the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) says.

The Liberal Democrats also propose a mansion tax, while the Conservatives have ruled out such a plan, saying it is "not sensible".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29318856

Not sensible ?

[LeftishBrit]

1. Hope so!

Perhaps 'not sensible' if you're as dependent on mega-rich donors as the Tories are!

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2. Not sensible if you're a greedy asshole who couldn't give a stuff about anyone else ...

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3. Miliband Criticised For Playing Tiny Accordion Throughout Labour Conference Speech

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/09/24/miliband-criticised-for-playing-tiny-accordion-throughout-labour-conference-speech/

The Labour leader has been criticised for playing an accordion throughout his speech, in case anyone heard any of his promises and expected him to stick to them.

Ed Miliband bounded on stage at the 2014 Labour conference yesterday, and then proceeded to play the accordion during the entire duration of his speech – making his voice completely inaudible.

“He was meant to reach out to the party heartlands and define what a Labour government would do if they get elected next year,” said one conference attendant. “But all I could hear was the melody to Swing Valse.”

It’s not the first such incident – David Cameron was widely criticised for playing the cymbals during a recent speech detailing the UK’s exact position on military action in Syria.”

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4. ... two mental images which will lighten the rest of my day ...

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5. Related news - One in 10 on London property ladder face compulsory revaluation of their homes

One in 10 London homeowners face spending hundreds of pounds every few years on property valuations because of Ed Miliband’s plan to introduce a ‘Mansion Tax’, it has been revealed.

The Labour leader has vowed to impose a levy of up to £15,000-a-year on homes worth over £2million in order to shore up the NHS.

More than 100,000 homeowners could be hit immediately by the tax, which is expected to be a levy of 1 per cent.



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