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Taking politics out of the NHS? Or constructing an elitist ‘consensus’?

As certain wings of the Labour party join calls for ‘consensus’ on the NHS, a reductive global healthcare consensus has already been established in the meeting rooms of Davos, McKinsey and the World Bank – with pivotal support from Blair-era peers and NHS appointees.

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Image: Flickr/Garry Knight.

“Our manifesto was a key reason for our gains in the 2017 general election. Now its ideas need to be developed and radicalized”.

—Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell