Why the Barnett formula isn't being applied to the Tory-DUP deal
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When Scottish Secretary David Mundell vowed this weekend there would be no "back door" funding for Northern Ireland, he couldn't have known the stir his words would cause.
Since then, the Tories have been accused of paying a "grubby" £1bn bung to keep Theresa May in power and he is called on to resign, says the BBC.
The £1bn is the upfront cost in new spending for infrastructure, health and broadband in Northern Ireland that the Conservatives have agreed to secure the support and votes of the Democratic
Unionist Party's ten MPs in the House of Commons.
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