Britain's health service is not for sale, says defacto deputy prime minister

Britain's defacto deputy prime minister, David Lidington, said on Wednesday the country's public health service would not be put "up for sale" in any trade negotiations with the United States after Brexit.

Just hours after USPresident Donald Trump backtracked on comments that the National Health Service (NHS) should be on the table in trade talks, Lidington told parliament: "The prime minister has been very clear, when it comes to trade negotiations theNHSis not, and will not be, up for sale."