Local authorities urged not to reduce spending

By Andy Ricketts, Third Sector Online, 20 October 2008

Acevo and the Community Alliance have urged local authorities not to reduce their voluntary sector spending in the wake of the Icelandic banking crisis.

In a letter to Margaret Eaton, chair of the Local Government Association , Acevo told local authorities to resist squeezing their grants to and contracts with third sector organisations. Scores of councils stand to lose money after the collapse of several Icelandic banks. The letter, from Stephen Bubb, chief executive...

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