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The Independent UK
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MI5 monitored politician behind NHS for two decades, newly-released files show

Aneurin "Nye" Bevan, the Labour icon who founded the NHS, was subjected to surveillance by MI5 for over two decades, newly released official records reveal.

Files made public at the National Archives indicate he initially drew the attention of security services during the 1930s as a prominent left-winger tied to key communists.

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