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Brexit: Labour MPs in show us the money row
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Brexit: Labour MPs in show us the money row

    Prominent Labour MPs have warned their colleagues not to accept money for their constituencies in return for supporting Theresa May's Brexit deal. David Lammy tweeted they would be seen as cowards and facilitators and warned: History will be brutal. John Mannhas urged the PM to show us the money with transformative investment in areas that voted Leave. But the Labour MP, who backed Theresa May's Brexit deal, denied it amounted to transactional politics. The government is understood to be considering proposals from a group of Labour MPs in predominantly Leave-supporting constituencies, to allocate more funds to their communities for big infrastructure projects. It is thought the MPs have urged the prime minister to consider re-allocating the EU's regional aid bud...