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Jul 14, 2022 12 tweets 5 min read
Conservative leadership candidates are proposing tax cuts to boost economic growth.

Yet the UK already has lower tax intake than many other countries in Western Europe… and lower GDP...🧵 (1/12)

health.org.uk/news-and-comme… ...lower GDP means less spent on health care.

GDP (2020)
Germany: £3.2 trillion
UK: £2.2 trillion

And it shows..
Total health spend per head (2020)
Germany £4,723
UK: £3,326

oecd.org/health/health-… (2/12)