Minister: We will make people’s lives better

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Health minister Karin Smyth says the government “will make people’s lives better” citing neighbourhood health centres as part of measures announced by Rachel Reeves during Wednesday’s Budget. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We will make people's lives better. That was our commitment to people in coming into office.

00:03We do have the fastest growth out of any other G7 country.

00:07We live in a very volatile world. We all know that, and the Chancellor's very acutely aware of that.

00:12But focusing on the cost of living, more money in people's pockets, supporting our public services,

00:17the neighbourhood health centres that I'm talking about, about restoring our pride in where we live,

00:22making sure that services do respond to people in a way that they haven't in the past.

00:25So that is fundamentally part of what Rachel will be doing and bringing down our debt.

00:29And we'll hear that from her tomorrow.

00:31And when we see these neighbourhood health centres that we are committed to going up in local communities,

00:36that will give people more confidence that we are delivering for them.

00:40They've already seen waiting lists falling. They're seeing more GPs in their communities.

00:44We promised two million more appointments. We've got five million more appointments.

00:47We know it's green shoots. We know there's a long way to go.

00:51But I think things like these neighbourhood health centres are tangible examples of our commitment and fulfilling our promise.

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