Owen Smith: 100% public funding for NHS an 'absolute red line'

Labour leadership contender Owen Smith has tried to shoot down claims he supports privatisation in the NHS in a major speech on the health service. The former shadow work and pensions secretary said a publicly funded NHS would be an "absolute red line" for him if he became Labour leader. Mr Smith accused Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt of "covering-up" the true level of private sector spending after initial estimates for 2014/15 were revised up by more than a billion pounds.