Doctors surgeries will be upgraded using a new £1 billion fund paid for by bank fines, George Osborne announced today. The Chancellor said the cash would pay for a 'permanent improvement in GP services' and comes on top of an extra £2 billion injection into the NHS budget set to be formally announced on Wednesday. The funding will allow patients  to undergo chemotherapy and dialysis closer to home. Scroll down for video Chancellor George Osborne will announce an extra £3billion is to be spent on healthcare in Wednesday's Autumn statement The announcement, ahead of Wednesday's Autumn Statement by the Chancellor, is designed to blunt Labour’s electoral advantage on the NHS.

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Autumn Statement is also expected to contain a number of big budget infrastructure announcements, with priority given to major new roads.