Rishi Sunak admits taking money from deprived areas in leaked footage

Speaking in Tunbridge Wells, Rishi Sunak admitted that he took money as chancellor from deprived urban areas in order to distribute it to wealthy rural communities in other parts of the country.

In footage obtained by the New Statesman Sunak said: ‘We inherited a bunch of formulas from the Labour party which shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas.’ He then boasted about the fact that he started to reverse those policies as chancellor

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[intreoo]

This is unreal. He is not even admitting, he is *bragging* about stealing money from poorer areas to decorate the richer ones. My heart goes out to all Britons living under a PM that views the working class like this.

[YouTubemessedupmyhandle]

Let’s be honest, anyone with a brain knew they did this. What’s more surprising is that he’s dim enough to say it out loud.

[Adam-wlwn]

In his defence, he doesn't have any working class friends...

[marcuszyy]

I don't think he "admitted" this, rather he "boasted" of this

[wolfganghendery]

Listen to the contempt in his voice when he talks about poor people.

[declansalmon]

And this is the very reason, why people are seriously suffering with their mental health aswell as financially. No one is doing nothing about it. So its just going to keep getting worse until everyone takes a stand. Every single politican is all in it for themselves. As long as they have millions in the bank. Us working class people have to get up at 4am every morning for minimum wage just to pay our bills and keep a roof over our head. Humanity will never ever return.

[stevephillips]

Like they said in Brewster's millions, why does someone with that money apply for a job that pays 80k a yr unless they know they can steal more back

[connortopping]

I mean he is a Tory what did you expect

[garyt.]

For once he tells the truth about "leveling up"....

[paulyoung]

So let's get this straight. He's undoing the work of channelling money into as he says it 'deprived urban areas' into areas such as Royal Tunbridge Wells... Let that sink

[guardiannews]

Rishi Sunak admits taking money from deprived areas ►

[donna]

Sounds like he is telling the truth for once

[public.public]

All too pleased to be taking even more money from the poorest
to push even more towards his billionaire family and friends.

[ginamoses]

If I start picking apples and get paid a minimum wage I can finally afford to starve and freeze in my own home ☺️. I’ve Cancelled Netflix, no takeaways, Kirsty promised Me I could buy a house?😀 It’s great to see my money going to people who own multiple homes and doing all things I can’t afford to do.

[rubyblue]

Very disgusted to hear about his intentions 🤮

[bryanevans]

Providing Funding for people suffering severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits should never be undone. The time has come for the people to prevent this from happening.

[donnacabot]

Isn’t that the same guy who’s wife tried to leave with a suitcase full of money?

[Roma-bqyb]

Absolutely scandalous admission. “We will always look after the vulnerable” said RISHI this week in his first PMQ’s. He should be ashamed of this duplicity.

[amigos]

whenever next election is im voting Starmer, ok he is not perfect but it a better option than Sunak and Truss

[theresenydahl]

Was that meant as a joke? If not, that's brutal and so very wrong.