UK National Budget 1951

5 comments

1. What the fuck is that word, surplus?

   What could it mean?

2. We need to raise death duty back to what we see here (adjusted for inflation). Even having it cover social care would free up so much finance for local authorities which currently spend the majority of their budgets on providing such a service.

3. £395 mill for health would be £10.285 billion today. [Source](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator)

   The NHS budget in 2022/23 was £181.7 billion.

   Eeek!

4. Check out the size of the earnings from tobacco. It pays for the entirety of health – with a chunk left over.

5. In 1951 people believed that a better future was just around the corner – I don’t think there’s that hope today.