Gina Miller today accused the Government of acting “above the law” with claims that the £1 billion deal struck by the Tories to win the support of the DUP after the general election is not valid because it has not been approved by Parliament.
The campaigner said she was astonished that there was “still no timetable” for the agreement.
In response to a legal challenge launched by Ms Miller and the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain, Government lawyers wrote that the deal “will have appropriate Parliamentary authorisation” but that “no timetable has been set for the making of such payments”.
Ms Miller, who won a Brexit legal challenge against the Government this year, said: “It’s going to be very difficult to get the deal through Parliament because they don’t have a significant majority and many people are not happy about this payment.
"If they start to lose bills, and lose votes the toppling of this government seems to be a possible outcome.”
