Labour reveals that Theresa May’s “Towns Fund” bribe is £5.7bn
short of the cuts the Tories have inflicted on local councils
across the country. Councils will see a cut of £7.3bn this
decade as a result of nine years of austerity under the Tories. The
Tories’ bribe is therefore £5.7bn short of the cuts they have
inflicted on communities. The Tories’ offer is:
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Labour reveals that ’s “Towns Fund” bribe is £5.7bn
short of the cuts the Tories have inflicted on local councils
across the country.
Councils will see a cut of £7.3bn this decade as a result of nine
years of austerity under the Tories. The Tories’ bribe is
therefore £5.7bn short of the cuts they have inflicted on
communities.
The Tories’ offer is:
- · £434m short of the
damage they have caused to the East of England.
- · £405m short of the
damage they have caused to the East Midlands.
- · £1.742bn short of
the damage they have caused to London.
- · £505m short of the
damage they have caused to the North East.
- · £1.185bn short of
the damage they have caused to the North West.
- · £353m short of the
damage they have caused to the South East.
- · £273m short of the
damage they have caused to the South West.
- · £709m short of the
damage they have caused to the West Midlands.
- · £735m short of the
damage they have caused to Yorkshire and Humber.
MP, Labour’s Shadow
Communities Secretary commenting on Labour’s
analysis of the government’s stronger towns’
fund, said:
“’s pathetic bribe is £5.7bn
short of the cuts the Tories have inflicted on local councils
across the country.
“Our towns are struggling because of a decade of austerity
– including vicious cuts to council
funding, which means cuts to social care, children’s services and
homelessness prevention.
“The money on offer may sound large, but it’s a drop in the ocean
compared to the billions the Conservatives have cut from local
communities. This will do almost nothing to reverse the damage
the government has inflicted in each and every region.
“This bribe is a shameful and pitiful attempt to buy political
support. But it won’t succeed. Voters only have to look at how
their towns have suffered under the Conservatives to know that
under a Tory Brexit, their local council will be dramatically
worse off.”
Ends
Notes to editors
- The
Government has announced £1.6 billion will go to communities
outside London as part of their aim to buy Labour votes to get
Prime Minister’s Brexit plan passed.
- Tory Brexit allocation compared to a loss in council funding
(spending power) over the decade
- · The Tories bribe
is £5.7bn short of the cuts they have inflicted on communities
across the country.
|
Region
|
Total loss in spending power 2010/11 to 2019/20
(£)
|
Allocation of stronger towns fund in £
|
Difference (gap between loss in spending power
and allocation)
|
|
East of England
|
-
458,776,010
|
25,000,000
|
-433,776,010
|
|
East Midlands
|
-
514,677,486
|
110,000,000
|
-404,677,486
|
|
London
|
-
1,741,973,972
|
0
|
-1,741,973,972
|
|
North East
|
-
609,526,361
|
105,000,000
|
-504,526,361
|
|
North West
|
-
1,466,441,319
|
281,000,000
|
-1,185,441,319
|
|
South East
|
-
389,685,967
|
37,000,000
|
-352,685,967
|
|
South West
|
-
306,019,221
|
33,000,000
|
-273,019,221
|
|
West Midlands
|
-
921,314,575
|
212,000,000
|
-709,314,575
|
|
Yorkshire and Humber
|
-
931,567,611
|
197,000,000
|
-734,567,611
|
|
|
|
600,000,000 unallocated
|
|
|
UK total
|
-7,339,982,522
|
1,600,000,000
|
-5,739,982,522
|
Spending power: Labour party analysis based on House of
Commons library research of local authority spending power
2010/11 and DCLG, core spending power, 29 January
2019, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2019-to-2020
Allocation of stronger towns fund: Number 10, 4 March
2019, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/16-billion-stronger-towns-fund-launched
- Tory Brexit allocation compared to regional development and
social funding
- · The Tories bribe
is £642m a year short of the money that that English regions
would have received had EU development and social funding.
- · The Tories
attempted bribe to the North West is £179m short, West Midlands
is £81m short and North East is £75m short.
|
Region
|
European regional development and social funding
2014-2020
|
over 7 years
|
Allocation of stronger towns fund in £
|
over 7 years
|
Loss every year (gap between loss in spending
power and allocation)
|
|
East of England
|
331,979,496
|
47,425,642
|
25,000,000
|
3,571,429
|
43,854,214
|
|
East Midlands
|
513,130,093
|
73,304,299
|
110,000,000
|
15,714,286
|
57,590,013
|
|
London
|
653,665,055
|
93,380,722
|
0
|
0
|
93,380,722
|
|
North East
|
633,935,007
|
90,562,144
|
105,000,000
|
15,000,000
|
75,562,144
|
|
North West
|
971,061,473
|
138,723,068
|
281,000,000
|
40,142,857
|
98,580,210
|
|
South East
|
245,542,950
|
35,077,564
|
37,000,000
|
5,285,714
|
29,791,850
|
|
South West
|
1,283,519,967
|
183,359,995
|
33,000,000
|
4,714,286
|
178,645,710
|
|
West Midlands
|
780,414,481
|
111,487,783
|
212,000,000
|
30,285,714
|
81,202,069
|
|
Yorkshire and Humber
|
681,742,379
|
97,391,768
|
197,000,000
|
28,142,857
|
69,248,911
|
|
|
|
|
600,000,000 unallocated
|
|
|
|
UK total
|
6,094,990,901
|
870,712,986
|
1,600,000,000
|
228,571,429
|
642,141,557
|
Allocation of stronger towns fund: Number 10, 4 March
2019, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/16-billion-stronger-towns-fund-launched
EU grants: 8 April 2016, https://www.parliament.uk/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/commons/2016-04-08/33071
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