Nicola Smith
We’ve been reviewing the cuts of the last few months, and have found a few that we should have featured that have not appeared on Cuts Watch. These include a 15 per cent budget cut at the Equalities and Human Rights Commission.
Richard Exell
Yesterday the quarterly statistics for the Young Person’s Guarantee underlined its tremendous promise.
Richard Exell
The list of Connexions services hit by cuts grows ever longer, with Cheshire and Warrington Connexions facing a £500,000 cut that is likely to affect services for vulnerable groups, such as teenage parents;
Richard Exell
In the early hours the BBC reported that UK Health Minister Anne Milton had written to Shona Robison (the Scottish Public Health Minister) to tell her that the government intended to abolish the Nursery Milk scheme by April 2011.
Richard Exell
Sheffield Futures, which runs the Sheffield Connexions service, is preparing to cut 95 of its 370 jobs after the local authority cut its funding by a quarter.
Philip Pearson
As Government seeks to encourage the “crowding-in of the private sector” it has ordered Yorkshire Forward to make cuts of £40.27m from its £270m business support budget this year (15%).
Nicola Smith
Yesterday the Coalition were keen to tell us about the “tragedy” of unemployment, and the importance of helping the “forgotten millions” into jobs. But so far their key action in this area has been to make significant cuts in support for those who are out of work.
Richard Exell
Jobcentre Plus has confirmed that the Recruitment Subsidy will close down at the end of the month.
Richard Exell
For some time, there have been rumours that the government planned to save money by means-testing Child Benefit.
Alice Hood
The leader of Durham County Council, Simon Henig, has suggested that local authority budget cuts are already disproportionately hitting the north. This is because funding streams like Area Based Grants are focussed on need – i.e. deprived communities, of which the north has a relatively higher share.
