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LeftishBrit

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Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:28 AM Jun 2017

DUP seeks 2bn deal to support Conservatives


The Democratic Unionist Party has asked for significant investment in health and infrastructure in NI as part of a parliamentary deal with the Conservative Party...

Sources told the BBC that the party wants £1bn invested in the health service in Northern Ireland and a similar figure for infrastructure projects.

The DUP has also focussed on key economic measures including a reduction of corporation tax and the scrapping of Air Passenger Duty (APD)...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-40347632
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