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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Rishi Sunak's video brag about snatching cash from deprived areas sparks probe calls

Rishi Sunak has been told to come clean about how he funnelled cash from deprived urban areas as he was confronted over a damning video showed him bragging about it.

The Prime Minister was secretly filmed addressing Tory members in leafy Tunbridge Wells saying he had reversed funding formulas which "shoved all funding into deprived urban areas" to benefit "areas like this".

Mr Sunak, who was campaigning for the Tory leadership at the time, was branded a "Reverse Robin Hood" after the clip leaked.

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