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Britain is ‘sleepwalking’ into the death of the NHS, health campaigners warn
Document reveals Tory frontrunner Liz Truss proposed slashing doctors pay and charging patients to see their GP
Liz Truss (front centre) stands with her supporters as she arrives for a hustings event at Perth Concert Hall in Perth, Scotland
CAMPAIGNERS warned that Britain is “sleepwalking” into the death of the NHS after revelations that Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss wanted to impose radical cuts and privatisation on the health service.
The Foreign secretary co-authored a 44-page document in 2009 where she called for doctors’ pay to be slashed by 10 per cent and for patients to be charged to see their GP.
The document, titled Back to Black, authored when Ms Truss was deputy director of the right-wing Reform think tank, also reveals the Tory leadership contender wanted to “abolish universal child benefit” as well reducing government spending by £28 billion in a single year.
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