Labour has the ‘trust of people over NHS’

NEARLY TWO-THIRDS of voters in Yorkshire and the Humber trust Labour more than any other party with the future of the NHS, according to a survey.

An even higher number think the health service has got worse in the last three years, while eight in 10 say they would be prepared to pay an extra 1p in the pound on income tax for a better-funded NHS.

The survey also reveals that 70.3 per cent of people in Yorkshire and the Humber believe there should be universal access to all NHS services, while 71.6 per cent say the private sector should have no role in running the NHS.

In terms of the current state of the NHS, 52.1 per cent of survey respondents in the region say they have struggled to get a GP appointment in the last year, while 67.2 per cent said they thought NHS services had got worse since 2014.

Only 29.6 per cent said health chiefs should be allowed to continue charging for car parking at hospitals.

With health set to be a major election issue, the gap in trust between Labour and the Conservatives when it comes to which party would best protect the NHS is startling.

Given a choice of four major parties – the Tories, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party – some 63.3 per cent of respondents in Yorkshire and the Humber said they trusted Labour most with the NHS.

Only 23.6 per cent said they trusted the Conservatives most, while 6.5 per cent said the Lib Dems and 6.5 per cent the Greens. There was, however, significant support for the flagship Lib Dem policy of making people pay an extra 1p in the pound in income tax to raise an estimated £6bn a year for the NHS. Some 80.4 per cent of people in Yorkshire and the Humber said they would be prepared to pay it, compared to 10.3 per cent who would not. TRANSVESTITE POTTER Grayson Perry has revealed his latest artwork – two vases inspired by the battle over Brexit.

The two huge pots feature images of Nigel Farage, people’s tattoos, British landmarks, Sir Winston Churchill, supermarket Waitrose and David Bowie.

They were crafted after the Turner Prizewinner, 57, asked people on social media, on both sides of the argument, to contribute images of themselves and others, phrases and photographs, for each vase.

The Brexit and Remain pots ended up having much in common – with both featuring bacon and eggs, local pubs, dog walking, family, David Bowie and Marmite – and Perry has called them Matching Pair. “The two pots have come out looking remarkably similar, which is a good result, for we all have much more in common than that which separates us,” he said. “They are one artwork,” he said. The Remain pot includes the late Batley & Spen MP Jo Cox, presenter Gary Lineker, Barack Obama, Gandhi, Shakespeare and logos for Waitrose and the NHS.

Farage appears on the Leave pot alongside Sir Winston, the Queen, Sir Francis Drake and chocolate brand Cadbury’s.

Perry said: “The composition and the form of the things were all in my control but the content, the actual choice of images, colour, symbols is all crowdsourced.”

airs on Channel 4 is on tonight at 9pm. Grayson Perry presents The Most Popular Art Exhibition In The World Ever! runs at the Serpentine Gallery, London.