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Monday 4 April 2011

Ed Miliband will seek to turn the screw on David Cameron over controversial NHS reforms by accusing him of "betraying" Britain's proudest institution.


Amid speculation that the radical plans are set to be watered down, the Labour leader will say the coalition's policy has descended into "utter confusion and chaos".
He will dismiss the Health & Social Care Bill as "broken", and offer cross-party co-operation to develop replacement proposals.
The attack comes as Mr Cameron and Nick Clegg prepare to launch a "listening exercise" later this week in a bid to reassure critics of the shake-up, which will see GPs handed control of commissioning services.
However, Government sources denied they were considering fundamental concessions, or that ministers wanted to "press the pause button".
A Downing Street spokesman said: "The Government is utterly committed to the NHS and its principles. We are also committed to modernising the NHS. Progress on the ground continues to be impressive."
Concerns have been growing about a public backlash against the flagship Bill, with doctors lining up to criticise key elements. The Liberal Democrat leadership is also struggling to appease the party's grass roots, who overwhelmingly voted to reject the plans at spring conference last month.
Delivering a speech in London, Mr Miliband will complain that after "sustained and substantial improvement" under Labour the NHS is suffering because of desperate "horse trading" between the coalition partners.
"I believe David Cameron is betraying the trust he asked the public to put in him at the election," Mr Miliband is expected to say. "The way this Conservative-led Government has gone about NHS reform is a disgrace."
Mr Miliband will add: "It is an insult to the people who work in the health service, it is an insult to the people who use it and the Prime Minister should be ashamed of the way he is running the NHS, the proudest institution of Britain. He is treating those who have spent eight months uncertain about their jobs and their future with utter contempt."

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