According to Reuters, the UK's Prime Minister Theresa May will on Monday set out plans for a 1.6-billion pound ($2.11-billion) fund to help to boost economic growth in Brexit-supporting communities with ministers denying it was a bribe to win support for her EU exit deal.

The “Stronger Towns Fund”, details of which appeared in newspapers last month, is considered by many as part of May’s efforts to win support for her Brexit deal from opposition Labour lawmakers, who represent areas that voted strongly in favor of withdrawing from the EU.