WITH reference to Howard Perry’s letter "Abolishing welfare state by stealth" (Letters, November 25), I agree with what he says.

The Conservatives have never liked the NHS as it was brought in by a Labour government in 1948 so the working class could get medical care without worrying how they were going to pay for it.

If we are not careful things will revert back to pre-1948 and then what will happen?

Maureen Robinson, Broadway, York