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Health activists rally against closure law
Clause 119 would let officials shut hospitals at cash-strapped trusts
Health campaigners protested outside Parliament yesterday as Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt spearheaded a vicious move to close hospitals without consultation.
Protesters gathered with Labour MPs around a Unite union-sponsored van bearing a lurid graphic of Prime Minister David Cameron sitting astride a wrecking ball.
The calls to stop Mr Cameron and Mr Hunt wrecking the NHS came as MPs debated the infamous clause 119 of the government's Care Bill.
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