In the Little Hulton area of Salford, some children do their homework in McDonald’s as it has the wi-fi they need that their cash-strapped families cannot afford at home.
A hundred miles away in Richmond, North Yorkshire, and the cafes, restaurants and boutiques are doing a roaring trade. Yet under the Tories, Richmondshire – in which the prosperous market town sits – has been ranked as more deserving of taxpayers’ money than Salford.
It just happens that Richmondshire is also Chancellor Rishi Sunak ’s parliamentary constituency.
