Tory MPs express unease over £1.6bn boost for poorer towns

Guaranteed extra spending worth only 58p per person in east and south-east of EnglandThe government has come under immediate pressure from its own MPs over a £1.6bn funding boost for deprived English towns, as it emerged the guaranteed spending in some regions would amount to as little as 58p per person per year.The so-called Stronger Towns Fund, announced overnight, is billed as a chance to assist left-behind communities, but has been disparaged as a crude attempt to bribe Labour MPs repr