# Tweet by [@keefmoon](http://twitter.com/keefmoon) on 2019-07-05 19:34:56
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In reply to: [@Whatjamecallit](http://twitter.com/Whatjamecallit/status/1147221459875573761)
@Whatjamecallit @EmmaKennedy @artemis0801 Did you even read that article?
“It means the £114bn budget will rise by an average of 3.4% annually - but that is still less than the 3.7% average rise the NHS has had since 1948.”
So it’s a nice way of dressing up a funding cut!