allocated according to what the barnett formula allocates which means barnett formula allocates whichformula allocates which means wales and scotland could come back and say we need more as well. that's what they have tried to do. in wales, which is the more deprived area when you look at social security, they are doing they should get the same amount of money. this is about porkbarrelling. this is about staying in power and people will rail against that but the reality is that what brings stability to the government which in international terms is probably positive because from the brexit perspective, europeans don't want to be talking to a british government they think will fall in months. but pa rt they think will fall in months. but part of the issue is the power—sharing executive in northern ireland still needs to get back on its feet sometime this week. this is a tradition. it's not a done deal yet. harry potter. you really need my nine—year—old son here to talk about harry potter, he will tell you chapter and verse. i am a little bit old for it. ijust about missed it. you can r

in a way that goes against the rules of the past 36 years of rules, the uk government said the barnett formulaey say it doesn't apply in northern ireland. some are more equal than others. we can't go on like this. this is not creating stable government, is about cash for votes and all it can do is set people against each other. that is the last thing we wants in the uk but the tories don't seem to care about that. i understand you spoke to the secretary of state for wales, what did he say? i made these points to him. i'm not saying anything that i didn't say to him. he said somehow northern ireland was special. well, i don't see that health and education in northern ireland is more special than health and education elsewhere in the uk. he suggested that we have had money through city deals. well, we had to bid that, northern ireland is just getting money. northern ireland will get money for a scheme called the york street eexchange. but we have similar schemes in wales. you say you will put in a formam complaint, what hatches if that goes nowhere? we will see if there is a legal process. we st

welcome investment in northern ireland, that is not the issue, but it has to be done under the barnett formulas if scotland were to get their fair share, we would be talking about spending in scotland of up to an additional £2.9 billion, which is equivalent to the cuts we are seeing in scotland over a 10—year period from this government, so it is an outrage. david mundell, the secretary of state for scotland, has said he would insist there were barnett consequential, so there is a real question for david mundell and the scottish tory mps, whose side are they on? is david mundell the cabinet's man in scotland or scotland's man in the cabinet? we need a strong voice from scotland and wales in other parts of the united kingdom that there has to be fairness and there certainly isn't with this deal put on the table today. but as arlene foster has been saying, the country needs a stable government and this is why they have done this deal. well, of course, everybody wants to see stability, but if you are affecting stability on the back of a cash investment like this are not on the basis of fairness,

yea rs of rules, against the rules of the past 36 years of rules, the uk government said the barnett formulaireland. some are more equal than others. we can‘t go on like this. this is not creating sta ble like this. this is not creating stable government, is about cash for votes a nd stable government, is about cash for votes and all it can do is set people against each other. that is the last thing we wants in the uk but the tories don‘t seem to care about that. i understand you spoke to the secretary of state for wales, what did he say? i made these points to him. i‘m not saying anything that ididn‘t to him. i‘m not saying anything that i didn‘t say to him. to him. i‘m not saying anything that i didn't say to him. he said somehow northern ireland was special. well, i don‘t see that health and education in northern ireland is more special than health and education elsewhere in the uk. he suggested that we have had money through city deals. well, we had to bid that, northern ireland isjust getting money. northern ireland will getting money. northern ireland will get money for a scheme called

mr speaker, my party has always been at pains to prove that the barnett formula is not fit for purposerd for it today seems to indicate that they now agree. this is quite simply a pathetic, grubby little deal, demonstrating all the worst excesses of pork barrel politics. designed to prop up a government without a majority, and increasingly without any credibility whatsoever. we now know that {1.5 billion is the price that this country will have to pay to keep this shambolic government in power. i welcome my right honourable friend's statement, and his personal commitment to ensuring that the imbalances and inequalities that exist in all parts of the united kingdom are effectively tackled by this government. so can he say a bit more about how the uk prosperity fund will be used to raise economic output in the poorest parts of united kingdom, and could i encourage him to keep an open mind on some of the ideas that maybe welsh colleagues of his might have for further investment? the first secretary of state, damien green, replied there would be many recipients of the new prosperity fund,

point you are saying, it runs counter to the settlement dating back to the 1970s, known as the barnett formulak. there have been complaints from scotland and wales. on the funding, the uk government is saying the same called barnett consequence. the process ensuring the fair funding, that is triggered when extra spending is committed in england. it doesn't happen in reverse. they also say there has always been special funding in exceptional circumstances with parts of the uk. they are saying this process has funded city deals in scotland and is now being used to build up infrastructure and the nhs in northern ireland, which obviously the spending fell behind during the troubles that sinn fein will be looking very carefully to make sure there is nothing going forward that favours the dup in dealing with the legacy of those troubles. we also got clarification on the eu citizens still stop some of the details came through. theresa may outlined what she called a tremendous offer to the eu citizens living in the uk, in the hope of guaranteeing the 1 million uk citizens living in the rest of the eu.

damian green said there are lots of deals outside the barnett formula.constituents be less important. i‘m conscious as a northerner we never talk about the money that goes to places like newcastle and sunderland. the problem for the government is each time they talk about austerity, everybody will point to this deal. yeah. now on to the news from the united states. a clear victory for national security. that‘s what president trump is calling the supreme court‘s decision to partially reinstate his travel ban which has been held up in the legal system for months. it impacts citizens from six muslim majority nations and now it will be enforced for anyone who doesn‘t have an existing relationship with a person or entity in the united states. the supreme court will examine the case in full in october and in today‘s statement the president said this ruling will allow him to use an important tool for protecting the us. joining us now to discuss the impact is strategist ron christie. the president says this is a clear victory for him over a contentious issue, th

that leads to barnett formula consequential is, in other words, scotla nd consequential is, in otherles will do well on the back of that deal. it raises questions, what about england which mark webber investment come for england if we have promised so much money to the devolved nations? we have to look at how we fund and invest, some of those things that will help mitigate some of the challenges around brexit. if we really wa nt challenges around brexit. if we really want to make the most of brexit, to make the northern economy fried, we need a strong economy and thatis fried, we need a strong economy and that is going to require some investment from government as well as attracting investment from elsewhere. the queens speech gave the go—ahead to the second leg of hs two. it takes the second leg up to the town of crew. the real benefits only come with the so—called y—shaped, the connections up to manchester and leeds, and beyond. what we really need is a much more interconnected east west northern powerhouse. hs3 as it is sometimes called. it was in all three party ma nifestos calle

of course we or the barnett formula by which the other nations funded is sufficient for our needs.e dup and northern ireland was given to wales that would be £1.7 million, we are the poorest of the four nations, we have heard a lot in the election and since the election effectively praising the union to the heavens. if this is how they operate, to reward one area then heaven help us. what would you do, how would you protest in this place? in all honesty what we're seeing is the inequality, what is described as pork barrel politics at play. if we are leaving the european union to this sort of politics then we need to revise how we actually deal with that. it's fine to be any surprise that. it's fine to be any surprise that the deal was done with the dup, along before the anger that liz has expressed as expressed in a wider way? i think it has a ready been expressed outside of parliament. i think the anger by loyalty from ten mps at £100 million a pop is palpable but there are other potential political fallout from this. the scottish secretary said he wouldn't countenance a deal that

we have the current barnett formula. secure, but it's the whole united kingdom. its important devolved administrations are centrally involved in what's going on here, especially when it comes to issues related to brexit, we demand to be at the top table and make sure the scottish voices are heard. what do you say to members of the public who have just been through a referendum, another election, and just saying, get on with it. we voted for brexit, just do it. we are going to do it. we have seen eight of the 27 bills being brexit related. it's important we get the right deal for the united kingdom and for scotland. we heard from the queen herself in the speech that this as to involve all the devolved administration and the scottish government will see how that's achieved. there are critical issues for scotland and we need to make sure we at the top table and making sure scottish interests are properly represented and progressed. in terms of theresa may's position, do you agree with some labour mps we have spoken to, sens

shall we have a discussion about the barnett formula now? laughter.he rest of the uk. ah! it was good. yeah, it was good. i had a fun time. the independence thing does obviously annoy me because the snp is obsessed with the independence question. and they always will be. they are a sort of single issue party. that's ridiculous. ifeel like we're going round and round and round again. it's like deja vu, it's like groundhog day. i expect i haven't changed your mind and you haven't changed my mind. but there we go. i think tommy and i could be really good friends but i don't think we've got a political future ahead of us. no. it's just as well politics isn't the only thing in life, isn't it? laughter. so you're heading back up the road? four o'clock train, yeah. allen says these election blind dates have been lol. that was the last in the election blind date series. do not worry, you can catch up series. do not worry, you can catch up on all of our couples on our programme page. and let us know what you think using the hashtags election blind dates and #v

this is a constant process so the barnett formula is not relevant here at all.scale of the uk economy, very, very small indeed but they are also relevant in this one regard. but the government already has a big infrastructure increased spending plan to go across the united kingdom. so there is in the united kingdom. so there is in the case that we don't want to invest in the structure spending, there is huge infrastructure spending, in hs2 and upgrading the railways, boldly totalling more than £100 billion that, huge railway schemes which have been invested in in the last tee years. there has been a big increase in infrastructure spending across the board. the idea of the austerity programme was to get the deficit down to zero so that we don't increase our borrowing and that is the key target of what they are trying to do with infrastructure spending. infrastructure spending is beyond that deficit, and was planned separately. how much can you guarantee that this is not going to affect the stormont agreement? my general view, actually, listening to what sinn fein