So we've a money tree in Garden of No.10

Bea65

MaizieD Sky news..not good with links
Also onGMTV a former MP who now sits in House of Lords was asked where would Boris find this Billion Pounds and he responded something like well..the Government has an underfunded account ..said there are a few underfunded accounts but would not name them...

It's because no politician dares tell the truth, which is that the government can create as much money as it pleases. If they did tell the truth it would put paid to austerity, taxing the already poor, being 'economical' with benefits, cutting public services etc. etc.

I have tried to explain this on many occasions... ?

(And no, so long as there is something to spend the money on, *it doesn't lead to inflation*)

95 million is being taken from the devolved nations.

It is extremely important that Ukraine wins this war for the stability of the whole world but wonder if this is fair as the Tories haven't been known for their fairness to Scotland and Wales

I completely agree with GrannyGravy13.

I am sorry to say that more weapons will lead to more escalation which can only lead to the inevitable nuclear option.
There has to be a peaceful negotiation to end the madness of war.
It will mean forfeiting land and resources but isn't that preferable to sending more young men to be cannon fodder?

I would much rather the Government used this money to support Ukraine with arms and training their armed forces with the end game of containment of hostilities in Ukraine and the eventual end of the war.

The alternative of this war spreading is too horrendous to consider.

Well sorry GSM am not verbatim typist!

MaizieD Sky news..not good with links
Also onGMTV a former MP who now sits in House of Lords was asked where would Boris find this Billion Pounds and he responded something like well..the Government has an underfunded account ..said there are a few underfunded accounts but would not name them...

Thanks for that. Nothing at all like Bea describes.

It’s the ‘found down the back of the sofa’ account. The same one that was used back in the early days of the pandemic for paying people on furlough.

It was on Radio 4 news this morning.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61990479

I'm in full agreement with it, for what it's worth

Ukraine War: UK pledges an extra £1bn in military support www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61990479

I have no idea what this is about. News to me.

rats! a fully accessible article...

Can you give us a little bit more to go on instead of assuming that everyone knows what you are talking about. Even a link to a fully accessible (i.e not behind a paywall) would do.