So far, over
40 members of the UK parliament have made a formal writing to Chancellor Philip
Hammond requesting he signals the cash is made available for the NHS during his
Autumn Statement in November.
The divisive
claim was used as bait to win public sympathy for the Vote Leave which was
inscribe on their bus amid referendum crusade, but after the referendum, the
advocates have apparently retreated from the claim
According to source,
the letter to Mr Hammond has been organised by the Vote Leave Watch campaign,
headed by the Labour MP Chuka Umunna.
It reads:
"In your speech to the Conservative Party Conference earlier this month,
you said that the message of the referendum result had been 'received, loud and
clear' by the Government.
"Members
of the Government talk of the 'mandate' from the voters for Brexit.
"We
accept the verdict of the British people. Yet it is clear that, if this mandate
is to mean anything, it must include the single most visible promise of the
Leave campaign - spending £350m more a week on the NHS.
"In just
under a month, you will present your first Autumn Statement. We are calling on
you to commit to increase national NHS spending by £350m a week - that is
£18.2bn a year - as soon as this money becomes available by leaving the
European Union."
Thus, the
group stated that anything less than fulfilling such claim, would be a "betrayal
of the British people". As the amount (£350m) per week turned to bone of
contention amid the Brexit referendum crusade.
The group
also urged the MP Dr Sarah Wollaston to change sides to Remain because, she
said, the claim simply wasn't true.
She said she
had raised the issue with key Vote Leave figures and said they knew but used
the slogan any way because it "got people talking."
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