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He swiftly moved on to talking about roads and cars – \u201cthe journeys people use most in Greater Manchester or across the north\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said the Government is \u201cmaking sure that the roads are free of potholes, that\u2019s probably priority number one\u201d.<\/p>\n
The exasperated presenter cut the PM off to inform him: \u201cWe\u2019re not talking about potholes!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re talking about trains, we\u2019re not talking about cars!\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Jameson also pressed the Prime Minister on comments he made during last year\u2019s Summer Tory leadership contest, when he told a group of Tories in Tunbridge Wells that he\u2019d change the Treasury\u2019s funding formula to end Labour\u2019s old spending pattern of shoving \u201call the funding into deprived urban areas\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cWell you don\u2019t care about deprived urban areas do you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Mr Sunak confidently fought back, saying he absolutely does, but it is \u201ccompletely wrong to say that those are the only places that are deprived in our country\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe point I was making – and you said Tunbridge Wells but I was actually speaking to people across the south coast – there are coastal communities, particularly in the south that are deprived and that is the case across our country.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I say I want to deliver levelling up, I don’t want to pit one region against another. The point I’m trying to make is that we need to level up everywhere.<\/p>\n \u201cThat goes equally if you’re in an urban area in the north as you are in a coastal or rural community in the southeast or southwest.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Sunak spoke to stations in York, the West Midlands, Manchester, Shropshire, Teesside, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, Cornwall and Berkshire.<\/p>\n He told BBC West Midlands that the situation in Birmingham City Council is \u201cincredibly disappointing that they have mismanaged the council to such an extent\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople rightly will hold them to account. They massively mismanaged their finances. It’s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Sunak added that it is a \u201cglimpse of what you get when Labour are in charge\u201d.<\/p>\n
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