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The deputy Westminster leader of the SNP has said the UK government "cannot rip up the Barnett formula in order to secure 10 votes in parliament".

The Barnett formula is a system which dictates the level of public spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Under it, extra funding - or cuts - from Westminster are allocated according to the population size of each nation and which powers are devolved to them.

Kirsty Blackman told Martha Kearney if the UK government agreed to a 拢2bn investment in Northern Ireland in order to secure a deal with the DUP "we would expect to see a similar level of funding per head of population going to Scotland".

(Photo: Arlene Foster (left), leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, with Prime Minister Theresa May. Credit: PA)