Tax Increases in the North East: What Should the Extra Money Be Spent on?

Do you think the extra cost of increased tax is worth putting towards key services? Where should the extra money be spent?

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00:00Like, the NHS probably gets a bit naff at the minute, isn't it?

00:04There's just, there's not really a lot of funding going on and people are just not wanting to become nurses

00:10and obviously we really need nurses and doctors and everything.

00:13Well definitely, National Health Service, we think it's our, you know, jewel in the crown in the UK.

00:19And funny enough, recently we've had two, we met two American doctors in the Lake District

00:26and they said to us, never ever give up your health service.

00:30NHS, I think, that's my first thought.

00:32But then again, the government's, like, they've poured money into it before

00:36but it hasn't really reached the front line doctors.

00:39Yeah, and I think back in education, yeah, to support people from lower backgrounds

00:47and social mobility and stuff like that.

00:49They could subsidise trains, I think, that's really expensive, you know, just,

00:55I mean, you could get a flight to Eastern Europe for cheaper than going down to somewhere in the south.