US-UK Trade Deal Diverts NHS Billions to Drugs — Over 200,000 Excess Deaths Feared

Under a US-UK trade deal agreed in December, the UK's NHS will divert billions of pounds from essential services to fund new medicines, helping British drug exports avoid US tariffs. Analysis suggests the arrangement could lead to more than 200,000 excess deaths in the UK. Critics accuse the Labour government of capitulating to pressure from Donald Trump, while ministers defend the deal as benefiting patients and exporters.

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