The £500m bill Mr Brown forgot Pension contributions change will cost the price of four new hospitals

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The NHS appears to have developed its own variation on Parkinson's law (the one about work expanding to fill the time available). In the case of the health service, unanticipated expenses expand to use up money earmarked for growth and innovation (see news, pages 2-3). Let's call it Brown's law.