LABOUR today demanded an amendment to the Queen’s Speech to rule out privatisation of the NHS in any future trade deals with the US.

Before today’s “regret motion” vote on the speech, which took place after the Morning Star went to print, Labour’s shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth warned that privatisation of the NHS has “doubled” under the Tories and could increase under future “Trump-style deals.”

He condemned the Tory government’s Queen’s Speech for failing to pledge protection for the NHS from further privatisation.