Briefing

Materialise the NHS-expansion goal, then pay for it with a mix of income tax, employer NICs, VAT, and fiscal drag.

Tests a broad, scored funding package against worker CEV, incidence, fiscal-rule headroom, and macro feedback.

Use long-funded borrowing for a visible capital and services package rather than pretending debt is free fiscal space.

Exercises the borrowing scenario matrix, debt-service path, market-pressure feedback, and investment multipliers.

Combine a VAT rise, payroll-tax rise, targeted programme restraint, and modest debt repayment.

Good for seeing how a consolidation improves fiscal-rule headroom while distributing pain across consumers, employers, and benefit recipients.