UKIP were accused yesterday of trying to rebrand themselves as champions of the NHS yesterday after supporters were caught nicking the logo of an anti-privatisation campaign. 

The Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) group poured scorn on Nigel Farage’s party for using its logo on a new “Ukip friends of the NHS” Facebook page. 

KONP co-chairwoman Prof Sue Richards called on Ukip to remove the logo immediately, saying the party is “totally opposed to the principles Keep Our NHS Public was founded on.”