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Benn: Government cuts unfairly hit the most deprived areas

Central government cuts to council budgets unfairly hit the most deprived communities a senior Labour Party figure has argued.

Central government cuts to council budgets unfairly hit the most deprived communities and ministers fail to acknowledge the impact on services, a senior Labour Party figure has argued.

In his response to the local government public finance announcement, shadow minister for local government Hilary Benn said the Government had ‘undermined' town hall efforts to build local economies in their latest funding plan.

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