Nor is it simply more evidence of how unequal Britain is becoming from city to city, and from inner city to leafy suburb. It is a vivid illustration of how those councils that have rather than those that have not are being favoured by government policy. The element of council funding determined by local need is now frozen. A system to replace the old mechanism of transfers from rich councils to poorer ones is work in progress. To pretend otherwise is to condemn the voters who most rely on good services to bad ones.

Source: The Guardian April 10, 2017 18:00 UTC