Speaking at a conference staged by UK Youth, the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS), and Leap, junior local government minister Don Foster said claims that councils are not adhering to guidance is a “cause for concern”.
His comments came after a delegate, NCVYS trustee Kevin Curley, asked Foster why the government had issued guidance on protecting charities against cuts, but failed to take action against councils flouting it.
The Best Value Statutory Guidance was published by the Department for Communities and Local Government in September last year. it called on local authorities not to pass on larger cuts to the voluntary and community sector than they are subject to themselves.
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