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Andy Burnham is accused of 'daylight robbery on Middle England' as Labour councils stand to gain £1.6bn

Andy Burnham is accused of 'daylight robbery on Middle England' as Labour councils stand to gain £1.6bn

Funding for Tory and Lib Dem-dominated councils is set to fall by £487 million over this Parliament while Labour town halls rake it in. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch accused Labour of waging a 'spiteful class war' and said she is prepared to challenge the cuts in court. She branded it 'financial gerrymandering'. Tory MP Greg Stafford said Surrey County Council stands to lose £50 million in one year.

Shadow Local Government Secretary Katie Lam: 'This has nothing to do with fairness.'

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