A NHS (National Health Service) sign is pictured outside St Thomas' Hospital, near the Houses of Parliament, in central London on March 8, 2017.
Britain's economy will grow by 2.0 percent this year, sharply up on a previous forecast of 1.4 percent, finance minister Philip Hammond said Wednesday in his budget statement. Hammond also announced a two billion pound increase in spending for social care, over the next three years, in an effort to tackle pressure on the NHS. / AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL        (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)