Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is expected to call for an additional £100 million a week for the NHS in England after Brexit.
At a cabinet meeting, the Foreign Secretary is expected to push for the extra money during an update on winter pressures for the NHS by Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. According to a report in The Times, the extra money would be a ‘Brexit dividend’.
During the referendum campaign, Vote Leave claimed £350 m went to the EU each week and that the money could instead go to the NHS.
It is understood that Mr Hunt and Mr Johnson have not had a direct conversation about the latter's planned intervention.
A source close to Mr Hunt told BBC News: "As always, you would expect the health secretary to be arguing for more money for his department and discussions are ongoing."
However, Chancellor, Philip Hammond arrived at a meeting of European finance ministers in Brussels and said that Mr Johnson is not responsible for health spending.
"I gave the Health Secretary an extra £6 billion at the recent Budget and we'll look at departmental allocations again at the spending review when that takes place," Mr Hammond asserted.
