The DUP can come back for MORE!: Party’s £1billion price for propping up Theresa May is just a down payment because it can be renewed in two years
‘The DUP will be back for more cash from the Tories and the £1billion price paid to get them to prop up Theresa May is just a downpayment, it has been claimed.
Nick Macpherson, a former permanent secretary at the Treasury, warned the party founded by Ian Paisley would demand more cash ‘again and again’.
The ‘confidence and supply’ deal, which will see the 10 DUP MPs back Mrs May on crucial legislation, was agreed yesterday after weeks of wrangling.
But it will reviewed in two years time and then at the end of each parliamentary session – likely two more full reviews of the deal.
In addition, a Tory-DUP committee will negotiate week by week on measures not included in the agreement.
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon defended the deal as a ‘small price to pay today’ and rejected claims that the £1billion agreement was a ‘bung’.’
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