Boris Johnson breaks with Theresa May and says UK should still send £350 million to NHS after Brexit
‘Boris Johnson has set out a detailed vision for Britain’s exit from the European Union that revives the widely-criticised claim Brexit could boost NHS coffers by £350m a week.
Just six days before Theresa May will set out her Brexit blueprint in a speech in Florence, the Foreign Secretary has penned a 4,000-word article laying out his own path for a “glorious” future outside the bloc.
Britain should not pay for access to European markets and must seize the opportunity to reform the tax system to encourage investment, he said.
Continued membership of the single market and customs union would make a “complete mockery” of the referendum result, Mr Johnson suggests.
The Foreign Secretary’s decision to publicise his own Brexit strategy is likely to fuel speculation his leadership ambitions remain undimmed.’
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