Miller, who won a supreme court challenge against the government earlier this year, forcing it to hold a parliamentary vote before triggering the formal Brexit vote, said May should have made clear from the outset that a vote in parliament would be necessary. They are routinely told that there’s no money available to improve their pay, holidays and other terms and conditions they demand. Jeremy Corbyn used the DUP deal against May at prime minister’s questions last week. In the letter to Miller, the government also rejects the idea that the Barnett formula, which determines the knock-on effect for the devolved nations and regions of core government spending in England, should affect the DUP funding. “The government is not under a legal obligation to allocate funding to the devolved administrations only in accordance with the Barnett formula,” it says.

Source: The Guardian September 11, 2017 04:52 UTC