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The NHS - Theresa May's dowry gift to Donald Trump?

Our Prime Minister is so desperate for a Brexit-salvaging marriage of convenience with Trump, she's suggested the NHS could be part of a rushed trade deal – and her vows about it being 'free at the point of use' leave too much unsaid.

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Theresa May may include the NHS in a trade deal with Donald Trump, it has emerged as she flies to meet the new US president for trade talks. 

May pointedly declined to rule out the inclusion of the NHS in such a deal, despite being repeatedly pressed by reporters to do so yesterday. She would answer only that she was committed to an NHS that remained “free at the point of use” (of which, more in a moment).