How DUP’s £1bn funding package will be spent after deal with Conservatives
The money will go to the power sharing executive at Stormont.
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The deal agreed by the Conservatives and the DUP involves an additional £1 billion in funding that has been pledged to the Northern Ireland power sharing executive. This breaks down as follows:
£200 million for improvement of health service (£100 million per year for two years).
£100 million for tackling deprivation (£20 million per year for five years).
£50 million for mental health services (£10 million per year for five years).