Peter Dowd MP, Labour’s Shadow
Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
commenting on reports that the Government has been forced to accept the need
for a parliamentary vote on its £1 billion deal with the DUP, said:
“The Treasury’s admission of the
need for a parliamentary vote on the £1 billion DUP bribe is a clear indication
that the Conservatives’ chaotic attempts to circumvent Parliament must come to
an end.
“Hammond must come clean about
whether he intends to increase taxes, slash spending, or increase borrowing to
fund the blackhole created by the £1 billion DUP bribe and the £2 billion
u-turn on his attempt to increase National Insurance Contributions for
self-employed workers. The Chancellor could have settled this by including his
plans in Tuesday’s Finance Bill second reading, but instead he is still hiding
the public finances under a shroud.
“We do not begrudge Northern
Ireland getting the spending that it needs, but people all across the UK are
crying out for the investment, jobs, and decent pay which will only be
delivered by the next Labour Government.”
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