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‘Political bias’ suspected after ministers pay funds to towns in ‘opaque’ process

FEARS of “political bias” were sparked today by the revelation that government ministers distributed billions of pounds of public money to towns in England following a murky selection process.

In a damning report, the cross-party Commons public accounts committee said the process of choosing which communities would benefit from the £3.6 billion Towns Fund was “not impartial.”

The MPs added that the process risked undermining the Civil Service’s integrity.

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