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Rishi Sunak (centre) at an event in Exeter as part of his campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party
TORY leadership contender Rishi Sunak proudly told party members that he had diverted funding from “deprived urban areas” towards more prosperous towns, according to a video published today.
The former chancellor bragged that he had started changing public funding formulas to ensure more prosperous towns receive “the funding they deserve.”
The New Statesman magazine, which obtained footage revealing Mr Sunak’s remarks, said they were made to grassroots Tories in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on July 29.
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