LABOUR and British human rights groups condemned the reports that Tory MP Theresa May will use NHS contracts as a potential sweetener during her talks with new US President Donald Trump.

One of Mr Trump’s first actions as president was to effectively scrap the so-called Obamacare legislation, loathed by Republicans, which expanded private health insurance by several million people.

Mr Trump, who has long had links with and been an enthusiastic supporter of giant drugs firms is believed not only to be keen to row back on the meagre reforms Obamacare provided but make inroads into foreign services such as the NHS.