Heather Wheeler, a minister in the Cabinet Office, made comments at technology event in London
One of the funding pots affected is for improved bus services in “red-wall” areas that swung from Labour to the Conservative party in 2019, and have poor levels of public transport. However in January government documents saidAmong Labour MPs to criticise Wheeler’s comments was the deputy leader, Angela Rayner, who tweeted: “The mask has slipped. This minister has blurted out what Boris Johnson’s“Heather Wheeler has put her utter contempt for voters on show.
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