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former colleagues over future of NHS
Western Mail
|September 26, 2025
TORY-TURNED-REFORM — Senedd member Laura Anne Jones has clashed with her former Conservative colleagues in a fiery debate about NHS Wales following her high-profile defection.
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Ms Jones, who jumped ship to join Reform UK in July, was challenged over comments Nigel Farage has made on funding for the health service.
She said: “The people of Wales deserve the truth, not misinformation, even if it means that some of you will now have to update your Caerphilly by-election leaflets.
“When Reform forms a government next May, the NHS will remain free at the point of delivery, and free prescriptions will remain just that - free.
“Anyone suggesting otherwise is scaremongering.”
Darren Millar, who leads the Conservative group in the Welsh Parliament, intervened as his former colleague was contributing to the Tory debate.
This story is from the September 26, 2025 edition of Western Mail.
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