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The NHS and the rest of the public sector will be shielded from the rise, but GP practices, run as businesses while delivering NHS services, will be impacted. <\/p>\n
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey asked the prime minister if he would exempt GPs and health care providers from the rise. <\/p>\n
Sir Keir said the government would ensure GPs “have got the resources we need” and that funding arrangements would be set out “later this year”. <\/p>\n
Badenoch said the tax rise would see councils having to pay more for social care provision and asked if the government was considering lifting a cap on council tax to fill what she claimed was a \u00a32.4bn hole in local government finances.<\/p>\n
The prime minister said the Budget had included \u00a3600m to deal with “the pressures of adult social care”.<\/p>\n
On the council tax cap – which prevents local councils with social care duties from increasing tax by more than 5% without a local referendum – Sir Keir said Badenoch “knows what the arrangements are”.<\/p>\n
The prime minister’s spokesperson later said the council tax cap would not change.<\/p>\n
In recent years, more and more local councils have struggled to balance their books and last year Nottingham, Birmingham and Woking declared what in effect amounted to bankruptcy. <\/p>\n
Some councils have been urging the government to lift the cap to help them cover their costs. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Conservative leader used her final question to accuse Labour of having “nothing to offer except platitudes”.<\/p>\n
“Their ideological budget was designed to milk the private sector and hope nobody would notice.”<\/p>\n
She said his “tax mess” had led to cabinet ministers “queuing up for public sector bailouts”. <\/p>\n
The prime minister said the Conservatives had produced “fourteen years of low growth” and Liz Truss’ “mini Budget”.<\/p>\n
“Now she wants to give me advice on running the economy? No thank you very much.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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