This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition NO to a tax increase to pay for the NHS.

The government is proposing a TAX increase to pay for the NHS deficit.
This could be achieved instead by stopping UK foreign aid.

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The UK government sent £13.4 billion abroad in foreign aid, this money could however be used by the NHS without increasing TAX or resulting to government borrowing.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/217033

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