The architect of the transfer of public health to local government has blamed the failure of budgets to grow for stunting the move’s benefits.
In a rare interview a decade after the transfer, Lord Lansley said: ‘My expectation at the time was that the public health budget would rise at least in line with the NHS.
'The fact it didn’t is a major reason why the benefits were not as great I had hoped.’
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