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In the UK, unlike the US, politicians don't get line by line vetoes over the Budget. It either gets approved (maybe with amendments) or voted down (but that's rare, and usually causes the Government to fall).
That's why the Government has got £4.2 billion to splash on Brexit.
That's why the Government has got £4.2 billion to splash on Brexit.
Basically it awarded itself the money in chunks over the last couple of years, and the sums went through on the nod as part of the vastly larger overall Budget.
For example in 2018 the overall Budget was £842 billion. So nobody's looking too too closely at the Brexit bit.
For example in 2018 the overall Budget was £842 billion. So nobody's looking too too closely at the Brexit bit.
And that's why you get things like £75 million in secret payments to consultants, or £100+ million on ferries, or low tens of £millions on warehouse rental for medicine stockpiling. All with zero transparency or oversight.
Shocking, but that's how the system works.
Shocking, but that's how the system works.
