21-05-2017 13:23 via theguardian.com

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

Foreign secretary caught looking at notes of interviewer before TV encounter during which he insisted pledge in Tory documentBoris 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 flagsh
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