Get US and UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeShameless Tories have handed 83% of a £610 million boost for struggling towns to areas that only have Conservative MPs. Ministers have been repeatedly forced to deny funnelling ‘towns fund’ cash into their own seats and target constituencies in a bid to bribe voters. But of the latest list of 26 towns benefiting from the fund, only four are represented by MPs of any other party. Meg Hillier, chair of the powerful Commons Public Accounts Committee, accused the Government of "cherry-picking" which areas received funds.

Source: Daily Mirror June 07, 2021 23:01 UTC