Original question: To maintain the current level of care and services provided by the NHS, funding for the NHS would have to increase. I am now going to read out some suggestions people have made about how funding could increase. With that in mind, how acceptable or unacceptable do you feel each of the following measures would be ... Increasing income tax.
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NHS funding: Public acceptance of increasing income tax UK January 2017, by age
This statistic shows the public acceptance in the United Kingdom (UK) of funding the NHS by increasing income tax as of January 2017, by age group. From the respondents aged 18 to 24 and ** to **, * percent and ** percent respectively believed that it was completely acceptable to fund the NHS by increasing income tax while ** and ** percent respectively found it to be completely unacceptable.
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Ipsos. (February 6, 2017). Public acceptance of funding the NHS by increasing income tax in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017, by age group [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 06, 2026, from /statistics/679062/public-acceptance-of-increasing-income-tax-to-fund-nhs-by-age-group-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos. "Public acceptance of funding the NHS by increasing income tax in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017, by age group." Chart. February 6, 2017. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 06, 2026. /statistics/679062/public-acceptance-of-increasing-income-tax-to-fund-nhs-by-age-group-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos. (2017). Public acceptance of funding the NHS by increasing income tax in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017, by age group. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 06, 2026. /statistics/679062/public-acceptance-of-increasing-income-tax-to-fund-nhs-by-age-group-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos. "Public Acceptance of Funding The Nhs by Increasing Income Tax in The United Kingdom (Uk) as of January 2017, by Age Group." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 6 Feb 2017, /statistics/679062/public-acceptance-of-increasing-income-tax-to-fund-nhs-by-age-group-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos, Public acceptance of funding the NHS by increasing income tax in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017, by age group ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/679062/public-acceptance-of-increasing-income-tax-to-fund-nhs-by-age-group-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited August 06, 2026)
Public acceptance of funding the NHS by increasing income tax in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017, by age group [Graph], Ipsos, February 6, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/679062/public-acceptance-of-increasing-income-tax-to-fund-nhs-by-age-group-united-kingdom-uk/
