May's NHS 'Brexit dividend' claim draws scepticism and doubt

Assertion windfall can help fund £20bn injection ‘treats public as fools’, says Tory MPTheresa May’s promise of £400m extra in weekly NHS spending within five years has been overshadowed by scepticism among experts and her own backbenchers over her claim it can be financed through a windfall delivered by Brexit.Ahead of a major speech by the prime minister in which she will pledge a £20bn annual real-terms NHS funding increase by 2023-24, May was ridiculed for