Daily Archives: 30/10/2010

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30/10/2010 – 10:09 am

Councils look set to be forced to make further large cuts to their adult social care budgets, despite the government announcing an extra £2 billion a year to protect social care services.
Disability organisations said the extra money would be swallowed up by huge cuts in government funding to local authorities, leading to higher charges and [...]

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Government spending review: Equality watchdog looks set for huge cuts

30/10/2010 – 10:07 am

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) looks set to face a cut to its budget of at least 40 per cent, according to government figures.
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) announced this week – as part of the government’s spending review – that its own spending would be cut from £76 million this year to [...]

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