MPs should not use the snap General Election to make 'undeliverable promises' about the future funding of public services, experts have warned. Responding to prime minister Theresa May's surprise announcement that there will be a General Election on 8 June, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) said the vote provided a fresh opportunity to debate the affordability of'long-held' public policies. In a thinly-veiled reference to the infamous referendum campaign bus slogan - which suggested an additional £350m a week could be invested in the NHS after Brexit - CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman warned: 'Public service leaders will be hoping that in this campaign there will be no undeliverable promises made about the future funding of public services.'
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