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Corbyn savages Trump NHS jibe

JEREMY CORBYN slapped down Donald Trump yesterday after the US president claimed people were marching because the NHS is “going broke and not working.”

Saturday’s demonstration was organised by the People’s Assembly Against Austerity and NHS Campaigns Together to demand that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt backs off from further privatisation and stops starving the NHS of sufficient funds.

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