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Labour have warned that regional inequalities will widen as a result of one of Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus business grants schemes
REGIONAL inequalities will widen and the poorest parts of England will be “levelled down” as a result of one of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus business grants schemes, Labour warned last night.
Some of Britain’s hardest-pressed areas will receive the same financial support as the richest, despite many facing the prospect of remaining under strict Covid-19 rules for longer.
Shadow business minister Lucy Powell accused Mr Sunak and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “betraying” voters in such areas.
Martin Taylor, the hedge-fund multimillionaire who has poured millions into pushing Labour rightwards, helped finance Lucy Powell’s supposedly dissenting campaign — suggesting her victory was not the ‘soft-left’ rebellion some have claimed, says SOLOMON HUGHES
