Nigel Farage claimed Labour doesn’t have “the guts” for a major overhaul of the NHS after Sir Keir Starmer said the health service had to “reform or die”. 

Sir Keir delivered the warning after an independent report by Lord Darzi published yesterday painted a grim picture of the state of the NHS. 

But Mr Farage questioned whether the Government really has the appetite for a significant shake-up. 

He told GB News: “But I wonder, just how radical is the Labour Party going to be? Now Wes Streeting the Health Secretary wrote a piece in The Times last year that I found really very, very encouraging. 

“But will his boss really let him put in place the reforms that are needed? Well, I don’t think so. And here’s why, here’s Starmer from again this morning: ‘So the problem isn’t that the NHS is the wrong model. It’s the right model. It’s just not taking advantage of the opportunities in front of it, and that’s what we need to change.’ 

“Well, I don’t agree with that. I think the model is wrong. I think the funding model is wrong. The principle of healthcare being free at the point of delivery, that’s all anybody cares about. I don’t think the Labour Party actually has got the guts to do it.”

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