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Labour calls for investigation into allocation of funds for deprived regions

Examination of community renewal fund follows similar concerns about so-called ‘levelling-up’ fund

Labour has called for an independent investigation into the allocation of funds intended to assist the most deprived regions unless ministers can explain why a significant chunk of the money will go to better-off areas.

It comes as a Guardian analysis of one of the three funds detailed in Wednesday’s budget showed that almost a third of the areas in England selected to receive money are not notably deprived, and that of these, almost 90% are entirely represented by Conservative MPs.

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