Post by nickd on Feb 1, 2011 0:01:12 GMT 1
At long last some real exposure of the serious threat to CAB appears in the tabloids. It's just a shame that not all papers see this as front page material.
Here's what the Mirror says:
BRITAIN’S Citizens Advice bureaux are under threat due to savage Government cuts, the Mirror can reveal.
The head of Citizens Advice says offices are being shut and staff laid off as they struggle with cuts of up to 50%. Critics say the figures expose David Cameron’s “Big Society” plan to be a sham.
Citizens Advice is losing at least £25million in local authority funding, £30million from the axing of the Financial Inclusion Fund and £3.2million from cuts to legal aid. CAB said of the 195 bureaux aware of their fate, almost half are expecting a cut of more than 10%, almost one in five are expecting a cut of more than 20%, and seven centres are expecting cuts of more than 50%. At least two will be forced to close. Citizens Advice chief executive Gillian Guy said: “We are facing a real threat to vital funds at a time when demand is increasing, and will continue to increase, as all the financial and social changes come into effect. Hundreds of thousands of people may not be able to get much-needed help next year.”
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell said: “There are not many better examples of the ‘Big Society’ in action – large numbers of volunteers giving their time to help people resolve their legal problems and find a way out of their money worries.
“When they say ‘we’re in this together’, what they mean is ‘it’s your problem now, not ours’.”
The coverage given by the Mirror only mentions the closure of two Bureau - the fear is there will be many more as posted on 'Justice Disappears - Advice Deserts Blossom'
mylegal.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=frontline&thread=132&page=1#206
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/31/citizens-advice-under-threat-from-tory-cuts-115875-22887469/
Here's what the Mirror says:
BRITAIN’S Citizens Advice bureaux are under threat due to savage Government cuts, the Mirror can reveal.
The head of Citizens Advice says offices are being shut and staff laid off as they struggle with cuts of up to 50%. Critics say the figures expose David Cameron’s “Big Society” plan to be a sham.
Citizens Advice is losing at least £25million in local authority funding, £30million from the axing of the Financial Inclusion Fund and £3.2million from cuts to legal aid. CAB said of the 195 bureaux aware of their fate, almost half are expecting a cut of more than 10%, almost one in five are expecting a cut of more than 20%, and seven centres are expecting cuts of more than 50%. At least two will be forced to close. Citizens Advice chief executive Gillian Guy said: “We are facing a real threat to vital funds at a time when demand is increasing, and will continue to increase, as all the financial and social changes come into effect. Hundreds of thousands of people may not be able to get much-needed help next year.”
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell said: “There are not many better examples of the ‘Big Society’ in action – large numbers of volunteers giving their time to help people resolve their legal problems and find a way out of their money worries.
“When they say ‘we’re in this together’, what they mean is ‘it’s your problem now, not ours’.”
The coverage given by the Mirror only mentions the closure of two Bureau - the fear is there will be many more as posted on 'Justice Disappears - Advice Deserts Blossom'
mylegal.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=frontline&thread=132&page=1#206
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/31/citizens-advice-under-threat-from-tory-cuts-115875-22887469/