From 2006, Cabinet privatisation Mastermind Oliver Letwin let something slip - the privatisation that is happening right now, while being categorically denied by the Conservative party. [AA] Letwin in NHS privatisation row The Tories deny Oliver Letwin used the words no limits A dispute has broken out over alleged remarks by Tory policy review chairman Oliver Letwin on NHS privatisation. Mr Letwin was quoted in the Sunday Times as saying there would be no limits on private sector involvement. Tory aides insisted Mr Letwin had not made any such comment to the paper and a party spokesman said there was no basis for the story. But Isabel Oakeshott, who conducted the interview, said that was absolutely, categorically what he told her. The paper said that, in reply to a question over the extent of private sector involvement, Mr Letwin said: No limits, no. Let the commissioning bodies decide where patients can best be cured. If people can provide services under the NHS which are good services - social enterprises, private bodies or NHS foundations - if they can satisfy the commissioners within the NHS that the best way is through them, then they should be part of the show. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5396166.stm
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