Boris Johnson wrongly claims £350m NHS promise at manifesto launch

Boris Johnson has suggested Theresa May promised to give the NHS an extra £350m a week at the launch of the Conservative party manifesto, when neither she nor the document made any such promise.The foreign secretary was pressed on why there was no pledge from the Tories to use any proceeds from Brexit to fund the NHS, when handing over £350m a week was a flagship promise of his campaign to leave the European Union.Asked on ITV’s Peston on Sunday why the sum was not in the manif