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Labour have warned that regional inequalities will widen as a result of one of Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus business grants schemes
REGIONAL inequalities will widen and the poorest parts of England will be “levelled down” as a result of one of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus business grants schemes, Labour warned last night.
Some of Britain’s hardest-pressed areas will receive the same financial support as the richest, despite many facing the prospect of remaining under strict Covid-19 rules for longer.
Shadow business minister Lucy Powell accused Mr Sunak and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “betraying” voters in such areas.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
Martin Taylor, the hedge-fund multimillionaire who has poured millions into pushing Labour rightwards, helped finance Lucy Powell’s supposedly dissenting campaign — suggesting her victory was not the ‘soft-left’ rebellion some have claimed, says SOLOMON HUGHES
