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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
I don't believe Rishi's comment about diverting funds is meant to be taken as removing from the poor to the rich but ensuring that funds are not just target at urban areas when there is also poverty in many rural communities.
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I can understand why Sunak's bragging makes uncomfortable viewing for any Conservative voters with a social conscience but alas it's true.
See these articles, for example:
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Government funding for 'left behind' towns being spent in wealthier Tory marginals, analysis reveals
More than half of towns set to benefit from £3.6bn fund are held by Tory MPs, despite vast majority of poorest areas being in Labour constituencies
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a9201141.html
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£3.6bn struggling English towns fund 'not impartial', say MPs
The government's process for choosing towns in England to benefit from a £3.6bn fund was "not impartial" a group of MPs have said.
The scheme was originally launched in 2019 to boost struggling towns.
But the Commons spending watchdog warned that a "lack of transparency" over how money has been awarded could "fuel accusations of political bias".
As part of the selection process, ministers picked towns from a pool of 541 places which had been ranked by officials based on local need and growth potential.
Ministers chose all 40 "high-priority" towns, then selected a further 60 places from the low and medium priority categories.
Twelve low-priority areas were selected over medium-priority towns including one town ranked 536th out of 541, the committee noted.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54894221