Task: Fact Verification
Input (English): Paragraph: £1.8 billion of ‘new money’ has been announced for the NHS over the next five years. £850 million has been announced for 20 hospitals over the next five years and £1 billion for the NHS in capital funding this year. The £1 billion is money that NHS trusts previously earned through a cost-cutting incentive scheme, but were then told not to spend. It is ‘new’ in the sense that the Treasury had not previously budgeted for them spending it. Claim 1 of 2 Claim: £1.8 billion of ‘new money’ has been announced for the NHS over the next five years.
Output (English): 1