PRIME MINISTER Sir Keir Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for a US tech billionaire oligarchy intent on taking a “wrecking ball” to our public services, campaigners have warned.

They sounded the alarm as the Labour leader announced the launch of trade talks with the US following his summit with President Donald Trump — their first meeting since he returned to the White House in January.

The pair appeared on good terms as Sir Keir produced a letter from Charles Windsor offering the man held liable by a Manhattan court for sexual abuse a historic second state visit in an act described as “sickening deference” by Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie.

Branding Mr Trump “a dangerous, fraudulent, misogynistic, racist, climate-change denier, and one who openly opposes democratic values,” Mr Harvie said: “The threat Trump represents to global security, to democracy, to human rights and to our climate could not be clearer.

“To offer him such a warm welcome and the trappings of a state visit is a slap in the face to the millions of people across the US and beyond who are frightened for their friends and family who are having their rights eroded or removed.”

Warning that Sir Keir had already caved in to Mr Trump’s “bullying” when Britain joined the US in refusing to sign a declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial intelligence in Paris earlier this month — backed by 60 other signatories — Global Justice Now director Nick Dearden said there was more to come. 

“A Trump trade deal would roll out the red carpet to the tech billionaire oligarchy, with any negotiations seeing Trump pushing the demands of Big Tech oligarchs who want to avoid tax and regulation in the UK,” he said.

“People in the UK don’t want to see a wrecking ball taken to our regulations, standards and public services, especially when we’re talking about new technologies like AI where we’re only just beginning to get to grips with the dangers.

“It is even worse for such talks to be taking place behind closed doors, allowing the tech titans to make their demands away from the public gaze.

“Any potential for a Trump trade deal must be taken off the table immediately.” 

As concerns grow on the implications of a deal on the future of the NHS, Health Secretary Wes Streeting insisted Sir Keir was a “tough negotiator,” and fears it could accelerate NHS privatisation were misplaced.

He told Radio 4’s Today programme: “We’ve always been clear that the NHS isn’t on the table, but if I think about the ingredients that are key to the NHS’s success, particularly in terms of life sciences and medical technology, there’s a lot that we’ve got to offer the United States and there’s a lot that we could get from the United States given our two countries’ strengths.”

He added: “Access to our patients and to our National Health Service and its footprint I think is valuable.”

Unconvinced by the denials which were “characteristically lacking in clarity,” Keep Our NHS Public co-chair and retired consultant paediatrician Dr John Puntis told the Star it was “worrying that patient data is seen as a money spinner” by Mr Streeting.

“Further encroachment of US companies and the siphoning off of profits that entails should be ruled out,” he said.

“In addition, any agreement that involves paying inflated prices for drugs should be rejected given the strength of the NHS when it comes to negotiating such deals.”

Echoing those fears, campaign for public ownership We Own It’s lead campaigner Johnbosco Nwogbo said: “Starmer must stand firm and protect our NHS in any negotiations.

“Trump has now given top government jobs to authors of the controversial Republican Project 2025 policy paper. The paper states that ‘health services are an area where both sides would benefit from openness to foreign competition’.”

Warning Mr Streeting’s comments “left the door open to potentially sharing patient data,” he added: “No doubt the data-hungry tech ‘broligarchs’ that Trump has invited into the White House will be licking their lips at this prospect.

“When it comes to dealing with Trump, this Labour government must protect our public services and remember that no deal is better than a bad deal.”