In a matter of weeks, the NHS turns 70, and the country will come together to celebrate an institution that turns heads across the globe.

From unleashing the era of mass vaccinations in the 1950s, to delivering world-leading breakthroughs like IVF and radiotherapy in the 1960s and 70s, to trailblazing the first cancer screening programmes in the 1980s, the NHS has consistently defined what a modern health system should be.

On Sunday, as the Prime Minister announces a historic long-term funding boost and ten year plan for the health service, we are backing the NHS to show the world what a cutting-edge 21st century healthcare system can look like too.

The new investment will see the NHS budget increase in real terms by over £20 billion a year in five years compared to today, and is only possible because of the hard choices we’ve made over the last eight years to get the economy back on its feet after the financial crisis.

Labour like to talk big on the NHS, but it is a basic political fact that they will never grow the economy, create the jobs or generate the tax income that are a vital pre-requisite to funding our NHS properly. In fact, this extra funding is actually greater than Labour’s NHS spending pledge during the last election.