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Local welfare schemes under threat in your area?
Hi ... Dan from CPAG has contacted us ....
CPAG and others are going to court to challenge the government’s decision to cut funding for local welfare assistance schemes from next April - just two years after they replaced community care grants and crisis loans.
(See http://www.cpag.org.uk/content/lwas-intervention)
CPAG understands that Oxfordshire and Nottinghamshire have already closed their schemes, and want to know if any others are under threat.
If you hear anything about the future of your local scheme, please email Dan Norris at CPAG at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Cheers - Shawn
more on the High Court action -
Islington Council, a disabled man in Cheshire and charity Child Poverty Action Group have teamed up to take High Court action against the government over its decision to withdraw vital support for vulnerable people.
The council is providing expert evidence in a judicial review of the decision by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to axe the Local Welfare Provision Fund, totalling £174 million nationally, from April 2015.