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A national social care budget, read-out in parliament like the NHS budget, ring-fenced, transparent. How to get one of the top two candidates to agree to this in an election? Stand and offer to stand-down if one agrees?

Sunday, 14 February 2016

Taxes and Public Spending: 2014 to 2015




Tax year: April 6 2014 to April 5 2015 Your taxes and public spending

This shows a break down of how your taxes have been or will be spent by government.
Amount
Welfare (25.3%) £165.62
Health (19.9%) £130.27
State Pensions (12.8%) £83.79
Education (12.5%) £81.83
Defence (5.4%) £35.35
National Debt Interest (5.0%) £32.73
Public Order and Safety (4.4%) £28.80
Transport (3.0%) £19.64
Business And Industry (2.7%) £17.68
Government Administration (2.0%) £13.09
Culture eg sports, libraries, museums (1.8%) £11.78
Environment (1.7%) £11.13
Housing and Utilities eg street lighting (1.6%) £10.47
Overseas Aid (1.3%) £8.51
UK Contribution to the EU Budget (0.6%) £3.93
Total £654.63
Oddities.
The biggest items are not accounted as an insurance-like service, paid-for at one point in life and claimed at another; there is no fund that pays for pensions for example.

The smaller item of transport is the same - a problem with a lot of national  statistics - in presenting a neat aggregate figure but leaving-out the nitty-gritty. Isn't there a road fund? Maybe there is another page on Gov.uk that I haven't stumbled-on yet to explain these things.

The smallest items are a puzzle. How come money is being spent at overseas aid to the country where Rana Plaza is based, when tariffs aren't used to make that country better governed?

Lastly, the figures seem to continue year-on year, even when there is a crisis in the higher priority areas. If street lamps are turned off, your granny might get mugged. If social care is turned-off, as it has been, she will definately get mugged or similar, and then become a bed blocker in a hospital. That doesn't stop government from having a budget called "sport", which is obscene.


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