Johnson calls for extra NHS spending

Boris Johnson’s call for extra spending on the NHS after Brexit has been backed by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

The Foreign Secretary’s decision to make clear he would use a Cabinet meetingtopressforanadditional £5 billion for the NHS attracted a rebuke from Theresa May, who warned ministers to keep such discussions private.

But despite exasperation at Johnson’s intervention, with ministers backing the view Cabinet talks should stay confidential, it is understood there was some support around the table for his position.

In a move that could put pressure on May to boost NHS spending, Hunt told the Commons Health Committee: “I don’t think any health secretary is ever going to not support potential extra resources for his or her department.”