Yesterday, we asked our politicians to act on their words. They like to tell us the “NHS is not for sale”, yet when it came to voting, 310 MPs voted against legislation that would safeguard our NHS from privatisation and a Trump trade deal.
The Queen’s speech amendment put forward by Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth MP, called to protect the NHS from future trade deals by repealing the Health and Social Care Act.
Labour, the SNP, Plaid, the Independent Group for Change, the Greens, and some Independents voted for the amendment
The Tories, DUP and other Independents voted AGAINST
The Liberal Democrats ABSTAINED
We lost 282 to 310
Really frustrating that we lost, but the vote was close. We need to keep fighting.
We need a million signers on this petition.
As our voice gets louder, they cannot continue to ignore us
Please, please share this petition with friends, colleagues and on social media using the hashtag #HandsOffOurNHS
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Thank you again for all your support, we couldn’t have got this far without you.
Sonia
Keep Our NHS Public