The package is wholly contingent on devolution proceeding, though the core issues will remain whatever way the political chips now fall.
In the run-up to the elections in the North, earlier this month, some parties suggested Brown would be ‘‘forced’’ to hand over about £50 billion (€75 billion) when he held face-to-face meetings with the political parties in the North last week.
What was on the table was somewhat more modest...
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