Theresa May,Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt among ministers whose areas escape brunt of austerity measures, analysis findsThe three councils that beget suffered the least from cuts in George Osborne’s controversial budget are represented by Tory cabinet ministers, or a new analysis shows.
Wokingham,Surrey, and Windsor and Maidenhead beget all seen the lowest cuts to their budgets despite being the three least deprived areas in the country. The areas cover the constituencies of five cabinet ministers: Theresa May, and Jeremy Hunt,Chris Grayling, Philip Hammond and Michael Gove. The areas also received £33.5m in the transitional grant announced earlier in the year.
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Source: theguardian.com