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Today we learn that the IMF is not entirely happy with the projections offered by the OBR and the Tory campaign for the future economic recovery. We must remember that this is an argument about assumptions and future projections of the results which would follow, if the assumptions were right and the projections accurate. Voters are nowadays a good deal more cautious than politicians in believing these things. Nevertheless this is a timely reminder that too much of the economic pie on offer, from all parties in this election, is in the sky and too little is actually real. Reality will dawn after the election and we must all brace ourselves that it may be very different from inducements to vote on offer now.

Meanwhile the the former head of the NHS has told the BBC that there are serious financial deficits soon to reveal themselves in the accounts of various different entities within the organisation, mainly hospitals, and that politicians are being far from straightforward about the need to review the scale of NHS funding needs in a realistic way. He pointed out that we spend less on health than France or Germany and although they are both insured systems, the insurance is compulsory, so it is equivalent to a tax. He is right. Our ‘free’ NHS takes two thirds of all income tax receipts and if care in the community is added the figure is higher still.  The problem, under the UK funding model, is an infinite service has to operate within a finite budget. This is becoming increasingly impossible as demand and complexities of treatment rise at a much faster pace than the willingness to pay for them. Ask politicians to talk more about that if you get the chance.