We are writing to support the ‘Darlo Mums’ on their march from Jarrow to London and to welcome them to Leicester. The symbolic march, which follows the footsteps of the famous Jarrow Crusade, draws attention to the Government’s destruction of the National Health Service. Under the Tory-led government we are seeing a nationwide A&E crisis and growing waiting lists. We are seeing services privatised by stealth. We support and stand with the 999 Call for NHS marchers and campaigners opposing this damage to our cherished NHS. We want to see an NHS that stays true to its founding values. Under David Cameron and Nick Clegg we have seen a £3 billion top-down re- organisation of the NHS which they said would not happen. We have seen almost a million people wait longer than four hours in A&E; waiting lists for treatments growing and at their highest levels for five years and thousands of frontline staff lost from the NHS. The NHS needs saving again. We need a government that will back hard-working NHS staff to do the jobs they love. We need a government that will restore our pride in the NHS and halt the creeping privatisation of our health service. Labour will repeal Cameron and Clegg’s NHS changes. Labour will guarantee a GP appointment within 48 hours and on the same day for those who need it. Labour will make sure NHS staff can focus on care and not competition law. David Cameron broke his word on the NHS. Only Labour can save the NHS. David Cameron’s Tory government, backed by their Liberal Democrat coalition partners, have proved one of the most established truths in politics: you can’t trust the Tories with the NHS. We applaud the 999 Call for NHS marchers, we welcome the marchers here to Leicester and we stand in opposition to these destructive changes to our NHS. To borrow a phrase from the ‘Darlo Mums’ the NHS is used by us, owned by us and loved by us. We will not stand by and watch as the NHS is broken up. As a Labour Party we will always stand up for our NHS, we will defend it and we will fight for the Labour government we need to save our NHS. Liz Kendall MP, Leicester West Jon Ashworth MP, Leicester South Keith Vaz MP, Leicester East Peter Soulsby, City Mayor Cllr. Rory Palmer, Deputy City Mayor & Chair Leicester Health & Wellbeing Board Gavin George, Secretary Leicester South Labour Party Matthew O'Callaghan, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Loughborough Jamie McMahon, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for North West Leicestershire Sean Kelly-Walsh, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Charnwood Amanda Hack, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for South Leicestershire Cllr. Sundip Meghani, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Harborough, Oadby & Wigston Glenis Willmott, Labour Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands Cllr. Adam Clarke, Aylestone Cllr. Andy Connelly, Westcotes & Assistant Mayor Cllr. Sarah Russell, Westcotes & Assistant Mayor Cllr. Manjula Sood, Latimer & Assistant Mayor Cllr. Deepak Bajaj, Evington Cllr. Paul Westley, Beaumont Leys Cllr. Anne Glover, Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields Cllr. Vijay Singh Riyait, Abbey Cllr. Dawn Alfonso, New Parks Cllr. Malcolm Unsworth, New Parks Cllr. Stephen Corrall, New Parks Cllr. Annette Byrne, Abbey Cllr. Bill Shelton, Freemen Cllr. Dr Lynn Moore, Knighton & Secretary, Leicester City Labour Group Cllr. Dr. Shofiqul Islam Chowdhury, Spinney Hills Cllr. Vi Dempster, Beaumont Leys & Assistant Mayor Cllr. Sue Waddington, Fosse Cllr. Ross Willmott, Rushey Mead Cllr. Iqbal Desai, Stoneygate Cllr. Lynn Senior, Castle Cllr. Virginia Cleaver, Eyres Monsell Cllr. Elly Cutkelvin, Freemen Cllr. Paul Newcombe, Charnwood Cllr. Patrick Kitterick, Castle & Chair, Labour Group on Leicester Cit Council Cllr. Su Barton, Western Park Cllr. Ted Cassidy, Fosse Cllr. Neil Clayton, Castle Cllr. Michael Cooke, Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields Cllr. Inderjit Gugnani, Knighton Dr. Terri Eynon, Labour County Councillor for Coalville Andy Furlong, Labour Party National Policy Forum East Midlands rep Chris Hanrahan, Chair Leicester Labour Local Campaign Forum Alison Smith, Campaign Against NHS Privatisation Robert Ball, Campaign Against NHS Privatisation Paul Green, Campaign Against NHS Privatisation Honorary Alderman Ned Newitt Angela Walker Veronica Matthew Jane Clarke Radhika Madhani Bryan Merton Jonathan Marsland Melinda Phillips Mina Rogers Yordan Nikolov Yasmin Surti Helen Lentell Tony Redman Annette Hogarth Jill Friedmann Rowan Walker Pat Hughes Brenda Worrall Liz Martin Revd. David H Clark Janet Bliss Gary Ransford, Chair, East Midlands UNISON Labour Link Elizabeth Blackman, GMB Richard Cheetham Paul Martin Susan Harrison Val Meyrick Malcolm Hunter Karey Hunter Barry Dufour John Wallace Simon Rosenthal Gabby Briner Peter Worrall Maggie Dufour Phil Harvey David Hurwich Gemma Oldman Ruth Petter Kamran Basharat Pragya Tomar Vivien Addey Jane Taylor Justin Wood Ian Davis Elaine Halford David Eno Andrew Corley Amanda Saunders Michael Denoual Hemant Bhatia Raksha Pandya Wood Dr Denis Tanfa Edward Hasman Katie Hasman Emma Hasman Jane Hasman Michelle Hughes Ervin Picari Jason Pandya Wood Dalilah Thompson .