Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves will announce billions of pounds in funding for the National Health Service (NHS) in Wednesday's budget that will go towards buying new equipment for hospitals and increasing the number of operations.

Rachel Reeves will pledge to “rebuild Britain” with her first budget, a historic moment that will include a major package of tax hikes and extra borrowing likely to define British politics for the rest of the decade.

Rachel Reeves has issued a fresh warning about the state of the NHS in a new swipe at the previous Government - fewer than two days out from Wednesday's Budget. The Budget's looming tax hikes and borrowing increases - despite prompting anxiety across the country \- still may not be enough to undo "14 years of damage" to the health service,

Britain's new finance minister Rachel Reeves will announce what may be the biggest tax hikes in three decades on Wednesday in a bid to fix the country's sagging public services, alongside billions of pounds of extra borrowing to overhaul the economy.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves touted new funding for Britain’s National Health Service as an upside for voters in a crunch budget this week expected to be dominated by tax hikes and extra borrowing.