Cameron's Slips On NHS

Britain's biggest health union has warned that the Tories are not to be trusted with the NHS after David Cameron let slip his party's privatisation plans.

Mr Cameron made a desperate bid today to steady the ship following the uproar provoked by two senior Tories who slagged off the NHS on US TV.

Delivering a speech at Bolton Town Hall, Mr Cameron, whose party has threatened to slash public spending if in government, claimed that he would increase spending on the NHS.

But the devil was in the details - he went on to reveal Tory plans to open up the NHS to "new providers" and give people "greater choice" over services, two well-known euphemisms for privatisation.

Health union UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: "The events of the past week have shown that the Tories do not support the NHS.

"No amount of back-peddling from Mr Cameron will now convince people that it has their full backing.

"Anyone who thinks that the Tories are the party of the NHS is living on another planet."