THE 75th anniversary of the National Health Service on July 5 was marked early when hundreds of campaigners and workers marched through the streets of Leeds in a Northern March for the NHS on Saturday.

Speakers at rallies before and after the march voiced fury at the government’s attempts to wreck the NHS and pledged to continue the battle to defend it.

The celebration was organised by NHS campaign groups and backed by the TUC and dozens of trades councils and trade union branches.