Rishi Sunak has been accused of viewing "everything outside of London as the same", after he citied investment in the North East during a discussion on Scotland.
In an attempt to burnish his Union credentials, the former Chancellor talked up his passion for Scotland but then pointed to the creation of a Treasury campus at Bishopsgate House in Darlington as an example.
The comments, during a hustings event organised by the Spectator, raised eyebrows and led former Darlington MP and Labour peer Jenny Chapman to say: "It is revealing that everything outside of London and north of Watford is viewed the same".
