Pat Glass
Main Page: Pat Glass (Labour - North West Durham)(13 years, 8 months ago)
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Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab)
8. What assessment he has made of the likely effects on the community and voluntary sector of reductions in levels of Government funding for local authorities.
Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab)
18. What assessment he has made of the likely effects on the community and voluntary sector of reductions in levels of Government funding for local authorities.
The Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Greg Clark)
Spending decisions are a matter for local councils, but no council will see its spending power fall by more than 8.8% next year. Councils face difficult decisions owing to a fiscal crisis that was not of their making or of ours. The best councils are expanding the opportunities for the voluntary sector to help them to make savings. The worst-run councils are targeting the sector for disproportionate cuts. We are requiring all councils to be transparent in their actions.