Fresh Tory fury over Levelling Up funds

To the battalions! Yet another Tory row is unfolding, this time over the thorny issue of funds for deprived communities. ‘Levelling-up cash favours south east over red wall’ roars the headline of today’s Times. Inside are anonymous Conservatives aplenty, full of righteous anger and indignant quotes. Tuesday saw the announcement of the second round of cash payments from a £2 billion-plus levelling up fund, shared between 111 communities across the UK. In England 52 Tory constituencies benefit, more than twice as many as those represented by Labour MPs – though there are obviously many more Conservative MPs across the country.

And clearly a number of them feel as though their interests have not been properly looked after, judging by some of the irate messages which Mr S has received. ‘It’s extreme naivety – they’ve gone to sleep at wheel’ complains one 2019-er in a non red wall seat.