She explained that for each 42p of Local Authority grant that an individual in Solihull receives, in next door Birmingham a person would receive £1, despite the fact that Solihull has four of the poorest wards in the country.
"does he think that a lonely pensioner or a sick child is less deserving in a leafy suburb than in a former Labour heartland."
Tony Blair replied that despite "pockets of deprivation" they aimed for a balanced outcome for local government formula funding.
