mo4ch:>‘£171,000 being spent every hour on no-deal Brexit’: Corbyn lashes out at ‘wasteful’ UK govt | Mo4ch News
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at UK govt ministers, claiming they are spending £171k ($220k) every hour on no-deal preparations, arguing that the billions being “wasted” could be used to fund essential public services.Corbyn, who is refusing to have any discussions with PM Theresa May over Brexit until she rules out leaving the EU without a deal, claims that the Tory government has already squandered £1.9 billion ($2.4bn) on no-deal planning, The Mirror reports.He argues that this sum of money is the equivalent to paying the annual salaries of 50,000 secondary schools teachers; 86,000 newly qualified nurses; or 49,000 police constables.Also on rt.comTheresa May to set out Plan B before MPs as UK heads towards no-deal BrexitThe Labour leader says that “May’s no-deal threat is empty and hugely expensive.” He sees no-deal preparations as the PM’s desperate attempt to avoid her Conservative party splitting over Brexit.“It’s a pointless and damaging attempt to appease a faction i…