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| DUP call to bar Sinn Féin's £100,000 Westminster grant | DUP call to bar Sinn Féin's £100,000 Westminster grant |
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| The DUP has saidstate funds given to Sinn Fein for research and policy work at Westminster should be withdrawn because the party do not take their parliamentary seats. | |
| Sinn Fein gets an annual grant of £100,000 under a scheme designed for parties that do not sit in the chamber. | Sinn Fein gets an annual grant of £100,000 under a scheme designed for parties that do not sit in the chamber. |
| North Belfast DUP MP Nigel Dodds said that money was hard to justify. | North Belfast DUP MP Nigel Dodds said that money was hard to justify. |
| The issue is due to be raised at a debate in Westminster later on Tuesday. | The issue is due to be raised at a debate in Westminster later on Tuesday. |
| "We think that it is wrong and there's a cross-party view among many of the parties in Westminster that it is wrong and that needs to be addressed," he said. | "We think that it is wrong and there's a cross-party view among many of the parties in Westminster that it is wrong and that needs to be addressed," he said. |
| "I think there is a growing view that given the clampdown on the waste of taxpayers' money generally across the public sector and, indeed, public expenditure, that people are fed up by the situation." | "I think there is a growing view that given the clampdown on the waste of taxpayers' money generally across the public sector and, indeed, public expenditure, that people are fed up by the situation." |
| Mr Dodds said Tuesday's debate would highlight what he considered a "ludicrous and farcical" situation. | Mr Dodds said Tuesday's debate would highlight what he considered a "ludicrous and farcical" situation. |