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

The Independent Politics · 22 October 2026 at 00:01

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

Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan first came to the attention of the security service in the 1930s amid concern about his links with prominent communists

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

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