Johnson says lavish spending plans would work after no-deal Brexit

Boris Johnson made a series of promises at his hustings event in York. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty ImagesBoris Johnson has suggested he could maintain lavish spending promises even if a no-deal Brexit wiped out the scope for extra borrowing by instead using the £38bn “divorce settlement” payment with the EU.Questioned at a hustings event in York on Thursday evening about his near-£5bn annual pledge of extra money for schools, which was among a series of expensive spe