this morning the nhs confederation said on bbc radio 4, cut to health and will continue to pile more pressure on hospital and will worsen deficits in the acute sector. what was announced in the autumn statement falls well short, 6 billion in place by 2020. how is the government plan to go meet the shortfall. [laughter] >> this is what the chairman of the local government association says, the local government association calls for flexibility in canceled tax and today's announcement will go some way to allow a number of councils to raise the numbers needed in the better care fund and that today is good news. is this government that funded better care fund. they opposed it. is this government that has a strong and growing economy. >> mr. speaker adult social care and cut in local government spending are very much the responsibility of central government, can he confirm that nhs deficit of 2.2 billion this year and indeed, i understand the prime minister as part of the movement will be concerned about this, but his own local healthcare trust is predicting 1.7 million deficits. there is

this morning, the nhs confederation said on bbc radio 4, and i quote, cuts to social care and public health will continue to pile more pressure on hospital and will worsen deficits in the acute sector. what was announced in the social care in the autumn statement falls well short of what's needed. the health foundation estimates a funding shortfall of 6 billion will be in place by 2020. how is the government planning to meet that shortfall? >> well, i'm glad the ripe old gentleman listens. he might well be on it one of these days. that would be a bit of transparency, a bit of sunlight would be very welcome. if he wants to swap, if he wants to swap quotations, this is what the chairman of the local government association says. the local government association has long called for further flexibility in the setting of council tax and today's announcement will go some way to allowing a number of councils to raise the money needed. 1.5 billion more, increase in the better care fund announced today is good news. it's this government that funded the nhs, they didn't. it's this government th

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an interview with the bbc radio schmidt said "britain is the leader in e-commerce in the world, far ahead of the united states. he also said there is no reason why billion dollar start-ups couldn't come from birth, but did say u.k. entrepreneurs tend to sell. they also advise start-ups to market products on facebook, instagram, and twitter if they want to grow their businesses. the irony being that all those companies are u.s.-based companies. i don't know what he is talking about. i sort of -- >> not u.s.-based companies, but not google or alphabet competitors. >> if you read through some of the transcript, i'm not sure he is truly believes that the u.k. is the place, so much as he says you have the right regulatory environment. you got the right role within the continent. just look at e-commerce plays and service plays that are happening, and that somehow there are no barriers to launching a wrurp even scale corporation that is larger than a u.s. -- maybe he is talking about the potential as opposed to the -- >> and the infrastructure is very different. facebook wanted to enable messeng

this morning, the nhs confederation said on bbc radio 4, and i quote, cuts to social care and public health will continue to pile more pressure on hospital and will worsen deficits in the acute sector. what was announced in the social care in the autumn statement falls well short of what's needed. the health foundation estimates a funding shortfall of 6 billion will be in place by 2020. how is the government planning to meet that shortfall? >> well, i'm glad the ripe old gentleman listens. he might well be on it one of these days. that would be a bit of transparency, a bit of sunlight would be very welcome. if he wants to swap, if he wants to swap quotations, this is what the chairman of the local government association says. the local government association has long called for further flexibility in the setting of council tax and today's announcement will go some way to allowing a number of councils to raise the money needed. 1.5 billion more, increase in the better care fund announced today is good news. it's this government that funded the nhs, they didn't. it's this government th

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