It is beyond belief that our Prime Minister is bartering away our health service in her desperation for post-Brexit trade deals - Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, commenting on reports that the Prime Minister has refused to exclude health services from a possible trade deal with the US, said:

“It is beyond belief that our Prime Minister is bartering away our health service in her desperation for post-Brexit trade deals. Labour is committed to the NHS both free at the point of use and free at the point of delivery. Theresa May has presided over the worst winter for the NHS in years and she must not now be allowed to sell off the NHS to big US healthcare corporations. 

“Labour will oppose any attempt to sell off our health service. The Prime Minister needs to urgently confirm that a rushed trade deal with President Trump will not be a Trojan horse for NHS privatisation. The British people did not vote for Theresa May to use our NHS as a bargaining chip with Donald Trump.”