How Labour diverted billions from NHS services to appease Trump – The Latest

Under a US-UK trade deal agreed in December, the NHS will redirect billions of pounds away from essential services to pay for new medicines. According to analysis cited by The Guardian, the policy could result in more than two hundred thousand excess deaths. The Labour government defends the arrangement as helping British drug exports avoid American tariffs and giving patients access to vital medications. Critics argue the party capitulated to pressure from Donald Trump to secure the deal.

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