MPs line up to thank chancellor for spending commitments in their constituencies,leading some to scent an early Tory leadership tender Conservative MPs lined up after a assembly of the 1922 backbench committee on Wednesday afternoon to thank George Osborne personally for lavishing funds on a series of projects in their constituencies in the spending review.
Tory MPs joked that the chancellor had liberally dispensed funds with the looming Conservative leadership contest in mind, after announcing £250m for a road project in Kent, and a pothole fund and a continuing subsidy for water bills in the south-west.
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Source: theguardian.com