@ChrisMayLA6

For historical and personal reasons I am particularly keen on including #stik in distributional calculations. However I do suspect that the argument has been overdone slightly on this occasion. I also have a feeling that health spending may be rather less redistributive at the margin than overall. This is I fear something of an academic argument since I doubt whether #labour officials can understand the issues let alone communicate them!

@ChrisMayLA6

There is rather more redistribution in the #comprehensivespendingreview than would appear at first reading. However it has taken the form of #socialtransfersinkind - usually abbreviated to #STIK - rather than cash. #nhs spending has been estimated to have a particularly strong redistributive effect so the concentration of growth in day to day spending on health will have turbocharged this. So quite a strong case can be made - but not clear #labour communications are up to it!