Northern Labour councils 'bearing brunt of cuts' compared with southern Conservative counterparts

'South bias': Eric PicklesPA

Labour councils in the north are beingleft out of pocket in favour of prosperous Tory areas in the south, a new study has found.

Townhalls in the North East are set to have their budgets cut by millions of pounds, despite having some of the highest levels of poverty.

Bycontrast councils in the south east are facing much smaller cuts under the formula used by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to distribute Government cash, the report claims.

Councilbosses said the cuts would make it harder to fund services such as social care, libraries and youth centres which were already at

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