Poor urban councils bear majority of Tory funding cuts, study shows

Research finds some metropolitan authorities have £100m a year less to spendDrastic cuts to local government funding have seen the UK’s most deprived metropolitan areas “shoulder the burden of austerity” while some more prosperous counties have flourished, according to new research.Analysis by the TUC and public service union Unison of central government funding for local councils in England since 2010 highlights a yawning chasm between urban and rural areas. It shows tha