• IcyToes
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    10 days ago

    I thought it was proposes by the Liberals, not the Tories.

    • Jackthelad@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      The idea was part of the Beveridge Report, but the white paper for a national health service was written by Henry Willink, the Conservative health minister.

      The reason that the Conservatives opposed the Bevan amendments was because it nationalised voluntary hospitals.