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HEALTH campaigners will attend a major online rally this evening against NHS privatisation and the Tory government’s Covid-19 crony contracts.

Health Campaigns Together said today that over 1,000 people had already registered for the event, which it hopes will be the “biggest ever” online conference of its kind.

It will bring together anti-privatisation and public ownership campaigners, union officials from Unite, Unison and GMB, and Labour MPs including Bell Ribeiro-Addy and shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth.

Keep Our NHS Public co-chairman Dr Tony O’Sullivan said: “The National Audit Office (NAO) criticises the government for fast-tracking private contracts to close political contacts.

“[Health Secretary] Matt Hancock says he’s done nothing wrong and denies cronyism.

“The NHS is in deep trouble if this is not challenged — privatisation in public health is virtually a definition of ‘conflict of interests’.”

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