Well George Osborne, the butcher of Downing Street, has struck. £100m transistional relief but £7Bn off the local government spend. No prizes for guesses as to how much will come from that spent on discretionery grants and contracts to local community organisations. Interestingly that's just about what local authorities currently spend in that direction. Melt down in April and so much for the Big Society.
Did anyone go to the EAPG meeting last night at CASS which was going to debate the Big Society. That, in my book, ought not to have taken very long!
Fascinating comment, Like buses two at the same time. Hilary Barnard has done a similar but lengthier critique at:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cass.city.ac.uk/cce/resources/thought_pieces/BigSocietyCutsandConsequences.pdf
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