Deprived Yorkshire communities will see future cuts to numeracy programmes in order to fund the Conservative’s National Service pledge, analysis has suggested.
Yesterday Rishi Sunak announced that his party will introduce National Service which would see 18-year-olds either join the armed forces or take part in volunteer work in their community. The Conservative Party said that from 2028/29 this will be funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund , a £1.5 billion pot which is one of the major funding streams for Levelling Up.
Angela Rayner, Labour’s shadow levelling up secretary, said: “This chaotic raid on the shared prosperity fund will strip millions from Yorkshire councils and Metro Mayors’ budgets, just to fund a desperate election announcement. “This is the final nail in the coffin of the Tory levelling up lie. If the Tories are allowed five more years in Government, more money and power will be taken from communities across Yorkshire and the North.
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