KEIGHLEY'S general election candidates will face the public in a Question Time-style event at Silsden.

They will have the chance to give their views on the NHS and related issues, before the audience has the opportunity to voice its opinions and ask questions.

The meeting – at Silsden Methodist Church hall at 2pm on March 14 – will be chaired by Colin Buchanan, a former Bishop of Bradford and president of the Electoral Reform Society.

It is being organised by Airedale 38 Degrees, a non-party-political group.

Chairman Robin Martin said the group's main concern was the future of the NHS amid privatisation of public services and the possible introduction of the so-called Transatlantic Treaty Investment Partnership, a trade agreement between the European Union and the United States which it is claimed is being negotiated in secret.

"We want to lift the lid on this secrecy and bring it out into the open," said Mr Martin.

Refreshments will be provided.

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