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by Sam Tobin
THE government was accused yesterday of diverting much-needed cash from the NHS following revelations that its Brexit department had given almost £100,000 to US consultancy firms — before negotiations have even begun.
The Department for Exiting the EU has paid as much as £79,000 to five employees from Boston Consulting Group and Accenture since the July referendum, a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request by the Press Association showed.
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
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
