Jeremy Corbyn exposes texts revealing government’s ‘sweetheart deal’ with wealthy Tory council

‘British Prime Minister Theresa May has been accused of doing a ‘sweetheart deal’ with a Conservative council in one of the wealthiest parts of Britain to stop them raising taxes by 15 percent.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn made the allegation at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday afternoon, where he produced leaked text messages apparently from the leader of Surrey County Council to a central government civil servant.
Corbyn asked May how much the government offered Surrey “to kill this off and is the same sweetheart deal on offer to every council facing the social care crisis created by this government?”
Surrey Council had planned to hold a referendum on whether to raise the local tax to cover the cost of central government cuts to social welfare amounting to £170 million (US$213 million).’
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