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SUFFRAGETTE star Anne-Marie Duff will join activists today to deliver a petition calling on the Tory government to protect the NHS from the “dangerous” free trade agreement TTIP.
Actor Ms Duff said that the NHS “makes us equals” because it “saves our lives and brings our children into the world regardless of who we are.”
She said that “the TTIP trade deal puts that at risk because it could make privatisation irreversible.” She warned that “we can’t afford to take risks with the NHS” and called for the government to “think again and protect the NHS from TTIP.”
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the horrific price British patients will pay for this NHS deal is now clear — and there’s time to get out of it, if MPs will only force the issue
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
Government urged ‘to tackle the root causes’ of the NHS crisis and improve ‘social care services’