Jon Trickett MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister without Portfolio, commenting on Nigel Farage’s speech today said:

“No single speech is going to hide UKIP and Nigel Farage’s long-held beliefs on increasing NHS privatisation and further tax breaks for those at the top.

"The truth is UKIP are a party of Tory people, Tory policies and Tory money: they are more Tory than the Tories.  The fact that Nigel Farage stood by UKIP’s Party Secretary after it was revealed he said the NHS was the "biggest waste of money in the UK” tells you all you need to know about UKIP’s plans for our health service. They have supported people being charged to see their GP, increased privatisation and even deeper cuts to the NHS. Nigel Farage cannot claim to stand up for hardworking people.“