Cuts in Oxfordshire
April 26, 2010 at 4:52 pm | Posted in South East | Comments Off on Cuts in OxfordshireTags: council tax, cuts, driven by dogma, fire services, Oxfordshire, parking, transport, Unfairness, voluntary, young people
Tory-run Oxfordshire Council has announced cuts of £106million over the next 5 years, affecting youth projects and young people.
The cuts include:
- Four Fire Service Cadet Schemes to be axed
- Start up funds for youth group projects axed
- Home to School transport scheme to be cut, increasing fares for pupils
- Four outdoor education centres which provide lessons for over 40 schools must become self-financing or will be axed
- Wardens in sheltered accommodation axed
- 15,000 street lights to be switched off overnight
- Residents parking permits to rise by 25% and more streets included in the scheme
Councillor Liz Brighouse, Leader of the Labour Group, Oxfordshire County Council
Tory-run Brighton slashes investment in young people
April 26, 2010 at 1:10 pm | Posted in South East | Comments Off on Tory-run Brighton slashes investment in young peopleTags: Brighton, cuts, Unfairness, voluntary sector, young people
David Cameron says,
Yet Tory-run Brighton and Hove Council has slashed investment in young people in its budget for 2010-11.
The Government is giving Brighton £1.1 million funding to fund its Sure Start programme. But Brighton Council is taking £600,000 of that money to plug the holes in its budget instead of spending it on giving local children the best possible start in life.
Brighton Connexions provides a one-stop-shop of information and advice on careers, training, health and housing for 13-19 year olds. This will face a cut of £200,000 in the Tory budget for 2010/11.
Brighton Council are also cutting £126,000 from youth offending services.
Information from Councillor Gill Mitchell, Labour Leader, Brighton and Hove Council
Cuts in Wolverhampton target the elderly and the vulnerable
April 22, 2010 at 7:48 am | Posted in Midlands | Comments Off on Cuts in Wolverhampton target the elderly and the vulnerableTags: cuts, day centre, elderly, meals on wheels, Unfairness, wolverhampton, young people
The Tory/Lib Dem leadership of Wolverhampton Council has passed a budget taking a decision to go for full cost recovery for all but the most basic of public services. This is hitting families and vulnerable people with charges they can’t afford for services they need.
In September 2009, Wolverhampton Council proposed a new round of £7.6 million spending cuts on top of the £14.3 million they had already proposed in February 2009.
The cuts and hike in charges include:
• Hot meal charges for the elderly to be raised by a whopping 83% in total
• Cremation fees will rise 6%, internment fees by 5% and grave lease fees by 50%.
• Cuts of £300K in the Youth Service and £46k in community play.
• Closure of the Visitor Information Centre in Queens Square.
• Cuts of £200K in grants to Voluntary Sector Neighbourhood and Community Safety.
• Reduction in opening hours of Anchor Lane and Shaw Road Civic Amenity sites.
• Merry Hill and Langley Court Day Centres for the elderly to be closed.
• Blakenhall Resource Centre, a respite centre for older people with mental health needs, to be privatised.
Information provided by Councillor Roger Lawrence, Leader of the Labour Group, Wolverhampton Council
Cuts in Coventry hit the most vulnerable
April 22, 2010 at 7:44 am | Posted in Midlands | Comments Off on Cuts in Coventry hit the most vulnerableTags: Coventry, cuts, elderly, meals on wheels, Unfairness, young people
Tory-run Coventry City Council has consistently hit the most vulnerable with cuts and hefty increases in charges.
In the budgets for 2007/08 and 2008/9, charges for meals on wheels increased by 60% and over half a million pounds was withdrawn from the councils budget to promote independence for older people.
They also tried to close workshops for people with learning difficulties and reduced the budget for children leaving care by £150,000 whilst stopping before and after school clubs.
The Tories are hitting the most vulnerable with charges they can’t afford for services they need.
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