Andy Burnham was accused last night of ‘committing daylight robbery on Middle England’ by allegedly taking cash from Conservative-run rural councils while boosting funding for Labour town halls in urban areas.
The Prime Minister and Local Government Secretary Angela Rayner faced claims of ‘rewarding failure’ amid protests that Tory-led local authorities were more efficient than their Labour counterparts.
But Mr Burnham also came under attack from the Liberal Democrats who said their own rural councils were unfairly losing out too.
The row follows reports that government-controlled grants and funding to Labour-run town halls will soar by £1.6 billion over the five-year period of
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