SNP promise bill to save NHS over claims of Labour 'privatisation'

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SNP promise bill to save NHS over claims of Labour 'privatisation'
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The SNP have claimed Labour pose a threat to the publicly-owned NHS - a charge described as 'outright lies' by deputy leader Jackie Baillie.

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has promised to introduce a Bill to protect the NHS within 100 days of the general election .

He wrote: “The deeply disappointing thing is that the Labour Party is now joining the Tories in this Westminster push for NHS privatisation."“He has been hinting at his privatisation plans for the best part of two years. The planned bill has echoes of the 'NHS Protection Bill' the SNP pushed ahead of the 2019 general election.

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