The audience at Labour conference applaud the health secretary after he praises his former cabinet colleague.
The audience at Labour conference applaud the health secretary after he praises his former cabinet colleague.
Wes Streeting has ruled out introducing value added tax (VAT) on private healthcare at the forthcoming Budget. It comes after newspaper reports that the Treasury was looking at bringing private healthcare services within scope of the sales tax. But asked whether this was under consideration, the health secretary told BBC Breakfast: “it’s not happening”. It...