Rishi Sunak offers funding olive branch to North’s rebel Tory MPs

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Rishi Sunak has told northern Tory MPs that he is prepared to pump investment into the cash-strapped region, in a seeming bid to win over rebellious backbenchers.

Addressing the Northern Research Group (NRG) of Conservative MPs, Sunak ”appeared to throw his weight” behind their demands for ”a special package of financial support for northern businesses and funding for large-scale building projects”, The Times reports.

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