Osborne pledges pre-election healthcare funding boost
By William James LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister George Osborne announced a 2 billion-pound annual rise in healthcare spending on Sunday, seeking to counter attacks on his Conservative party's handling of the health service six months before an election. Prime Minister David Cameron's centre-right party lags the main opposition Labour party on the question of who is most trusted to protect the publicly funded National Health Service (NHS). …
