Labour's Ed Miliband pledges to boost NHS spending [View all]

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Labour leader Ed Miliband will pledge to increase spending on the NHS in England in his party conference speech on Tuesday, the BBC understands.

He will say a "mansion tax" on homes worth more than £2m will help pay for the extra funding.

Labour is currently refusing to comment on what it describes as "speculation".

The party has yet to spell out details of how its mansion tax would work. It could raise around £1.7bn a year, the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) says.

The Liberal Democrats also propose a mansion tax, while the Conservatives have ruled out such a plan, saying it is "not sensible".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29318856

Not sensible ?