As strikes in the National Health Service roll on, Health Secretary Steve Barclay and Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands will be making time to attend an “anniversary celebration dinner” for the NHS at the exclusive Carlton Club in St James.
The dinner, on the anniversary of the NHS’s founding in July, will be hosted by Conservative Friends of NHS, whose purpose is “linking front line NHS workers to Conservatives”. Tickets start at £130. The members’ only club is closely linked with the Tories. Many MPs like to drink there and former leaders get honorary membership. A scandal at the club last year involving former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher helped bring down Boris Johnson’s government.
