"We did it before and we will do it again" - Jon Ashworth's campaign speech on how Labour will rebuild the NHS

This is Labour’s new NHS video featuring an extract from a rousing speech delivered this week by shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth.

We built the NHS and we’ll rebuild it again. We’ll put patients at the heart of the NHS. We’ll halt health cuts. Agree? please RT pic.twitter.com/rVeEqGjUxg

— Jonathan Ashworth (@JonAshworth) May 4, 2017

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