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Sam Blewett

Rishi Sunak boasts of taking money from ‘deprived urban areas’ in leaked clip

Tory leadership contender Rishi Sunak proudly told party members he had been working to divert funding from “deprived urban areas” towards more prosperous towns.

The former chancellor bragged that he had started changing public funding formulas to ensure more prosperous towns receive “the funding they deserve”.

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