House of Commons votes against amendments to protect NHS
Many campaigns supporting public services – and in particular the NHS – had high hopes for two amendments for the Trade Bill when it came back to the House of Commons from the Lords on […]
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A year of triumphing in the face of adversity
As 2020 comes to an end, we would like to thank all of our supporters for everything they have done for us during this challenging year. This time last year we were still healing from […]
House of Lords votes to protect NHS from trade deals
Keep Our NHS Public was pleased to hear the House of Lords voted to protect the NHS in future trade deals this week. This was the result of months of campaigning from our local groups, […]
What do the US election results mean for a US-UK trade deal?
It’s early days to see how a Biden victory will affect a UK-US trade deal. What we do know is that the corporate interests that shaped the US-UK trade deal under Trump will not magically […]
Why it is crucial that MPs vote for amendments to the Trade Bill: Parliamentary scrutiny and NHS protection
“We were absolutely gobsmacked” – the words of Prof Boland whose research has just highlighted that bottle fed babies are consuming in the order of a million microplastic particles per day. Why was this such […]
Trade deal day of action marked across UK
Keep Our NHS Public local groups took to the streets on Saturday 24 October 2020 to protest a future trade deal with the US that doesn’t protect the NHS. The demonstrations were done alongside a […]
Yet another mess with Serco’s fingerprints on it
Serco gets everywhere. Since 2009 it has been involved in providing pathology services to two big London hospital trusts. Pathology services are mostly out of the sight of patients and the public but absolutely central to […]
Big Tech: another reason why the NHS is at risk from trade deals
This article was written by the Keep Our NHS Public Trade Deals sub-group and a longer version of this briefing is available in our resource section. Trade deals promote direct foreign investment and extend the […]
The Tories have shown their true colours
Cat Hobbs is the Founder and Director of WeOwnIt, who are running a petition to protect the NHS from trade deals.Gone is the clapping for our carers. Gone are the platitudes about not wanting to […]
NHS Trade Deals still on the table & MUST be resisted
Allowing businesses to buy up parts of the NHS through international trade deals would fragment a national institution that we depend on and mark the end of the NHS as we know it, writes Dr […]