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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Richmond's voluntary sector next in line for Conservative Council cuts
August 6, 2010 8:46 PM
• [Aug 06]: Richmond's new Conservative administration has served notice on the borough's voluntary sector organisations that they are next in line for cuts. All funded organisations have been told that their previously allocated funding for 2011/12 onwards, from the corporate grants budget, carers budget or departmental budgets are to be reviewed "against the backdrop of reduced local government funding".
Leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition on the Council, Cllr Stephen Knight, said: "Despite Conservative rhetoric about the the so-called 'big society' taking the strain as public services are cut, the Conservatives now propose to undermine the very community organisations often expected to step in when council services are withdrawn. The new administration is making ill considered cuts without thinking through the consequences. First preventative services for children and young people are cut, and next voluntary sector organisations, whilst at the same time giving away £410,000 a year in cheaper parking to well-off drivers of 4x4s and other gas-guzzlers. Whilst our priority would have been to protect services for the most vulnerable and ask the well-off to take the strain, the Conservatives seem to want the vulnerable to take the strain so they can give handouts to the well-off."
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