article_snippet.sent: the Tories have accused Labour of a crude new attempt to 'weaponise' the NHS by orchestrating a letter from doctors claiming hospitals will not be safe if David Cameron wins the election.
article_snippet.sent: Labour were accused of orchestrating a letter claiming that 'five years of flat-line funding' have 'crippled the NHS' as a 'stitch up'.
article_snippet.sent: Conservative MP Julian Smith said: 'Labour stitch up is another desperate attempt to weaponise the NHS. '
article_snippet.sent: the Tories have pledged to find huge public spending cuts, and every pound spent on NHS means less for other priorities such as education and defence.
article_snippet.sent: It's pretty rich coming from a party that blew £12billion on an NHS super computer,' Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said.
article_snippet.sent: Following the letter from 100 doctors claiming a truly seven-day NHS is not safe in Tory hands, Labour is today expected to launch a fresh attack over the health service.
article_snippet.sent: The party's claim that families are £1,600 worse off under The Tories was also 12 months past The Tories sell-by date.
article_snippet.sent: Anybody with memory of the Blair Years will know it is Labour - and the disastrous 2004 decision to renegotiate the existing GP contract - which lies at the root of the current problems.
article_snippet.sent: The Tories have left the NHS weaker than at any stage in The Tories history .
article_snippet.sent: On privatisation, the NHS outsourced 4.4 per cent of the NHS budget under the Labour party - but less than 2 per cent under the Coalition.
article_snippet.sent: It was Labour - not the Tories - which presided over the shameful scandals at Basildon and Mid Staffs hospitals which cost hundreds of lives.
highlights_snippet.sent: Labour were accused of orchestrating the letter as a 'stitch up' 