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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rhiannon James

Hunt urges Streeting to reconsider cuts to ringfenced funding for maternity care

Former health secretary Sir Jeremy Hunt has urged the Government to reconsider cuts to allocated funding for maternity services, after warnings they will be a “wrecking ball” to women’s safety.

Under the changes by the Department of Health, £2 million will be ringfenced for maternity care for 2025/26, compared with £95 million in previous years.

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