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President Trump: NHS 'going broke and not working'
BBC
US President Donald Trump has sparked a backlash from UK politicians by attacking the National Health Service.
In a tweet criticising US Democrats pushing for a universal health system, he said "thousands of people are marching" in the UK because the NHS is "going broke and not working".
This was believed to be a reference to a Save the NHS march on Downing Street on Saturday, demanding more funding.
Downing Street said Theresa May was "proud" of the UK's system.
Her spokesman said the NHS had recently been ranked as the world's best healthcare system and that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who has hit back at the US president on Twitter, "speaks for the government".
Organisers of the demonstration said it had been aimed at showing people's "love" for the NHS.
The chief executive of NHS England said the US president had "got the wrong end of the stick".