Cancer tests, safe streets... what £14bn aid budget could pay for

1.39bn PSA tests for prostate cancer

More than 11,000 men die from the disease each year. Yet there is no national screening scheme. The PSA blood tests cost around £10 each.

320,129 police amid rising murder rates

The payroll of a new police officer is £30,520 a year, with an extra £12,900 for recruitment and training. London has overtaken New York for murders for the first time in modern history after a surge in knife crime.

139m bowel cancer tests as the NHS faces claims the disease is being missed

Bowel Health UK says the cost of a screening a patient for colon cancer is £100. Former health secretary Andrew Lansley and BBC news presenter George Alagiah claimed their cancer was missed because of cuts.

55 new spy planes as armed forces face Russian threat

Boeing P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft cost £250million each. The RAF has had to rely on other nations to hunt for Russian submarines since 2010, despite activity at the highest level since the Cold War.

1,332 years – how long passports could be made in Britain, using the money saved

The Home Office claimed it will save £10.4million a year by giving the contract for post-Brexit blue passports to a foreign firm. The aid budget would cover the extra cost of giving it to a British firm until 3350.

3p off the basic rate of income tax, or scrapping inheritance tax entirely

Each extra penny on the basic rate of income tax raises just over £4billion, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says. Inheritance tax currently raises around £5.3billion a year.

1m pensioners’ meals-onwheels a day for a decade

Each meal delivered by home helps to vulnerable older people costs £3.80, but the social care system is facing a funding crisis.

600,000 teachers as unions warn parents over cuts

Teachers begin on a salary of at least £22,917. This week it emerged a union was urging members to hand out flyers at school gates criticising the Government over funding.

1.5m potholes could be filled in eight months

The Local Government Association says English councils have a £9.3billion local roads repair backlog.

Four years of free TV licence for every household

The annual fee rose this week from £147 to £150.50, after jumping £1.50 last year. The BBC raises £3.7billion a year from the levy.

Zero students would have to pay tuition fees, as they could be scrapped completely

Theresa May launched a review of university funding this year, but has ruled out scrapping tuition fees, which are currently £9,250 a year. Labour’s manifesto pledge to abolish fees and reintroduce student maintenance grants was costed at £11.2billion a year.