Fox backs Boris call for more NHS cash

BORIS Johnson’s call to plough money saved by Brexit into the NHS was yesterday backed by a fellow Cabinet minister.

Former family doctor Liam Fox said there was “a case” to spend more on health and that it was “unthinkable” that the NHS would not be a priority for any spare cash.

But the International Trade Secretary declined to back Mr Johnson’s specific call for a £5billion NHS boost and said spending decisions would be made by the Government in line with people’s priorities.

He spoke ahead of Prime Minister’s Questions, during which Jeremy Corbyn told Theresa May she was “in denial” about the reality of NHS shortages but Mr Johnson was not.

The Foreign Secretary was away on official business so was not in the Commons to see the clash.

After Mrs May insisted that the Government was investing in the National Health Service and had ensured it was better prepared than ever for the pressures of winter, Mr Corbyn told her: “It needs money, it needs support and it needs it now.

“You are, frankly, in denial about the state of the NHS.

“Even the Foreign Secretary recognises it, but you aren’t listening.

“When are you going to face up to the reality and take action to save the NHS from death by a thousand cuts?”

Mrs May told him: “There is only one part of the NHS that has seen a cut in its funding – it’s the NHS in Wales under a Labour government.”