Full Council meeting today - main agenda can be found here; and individual papers via CPOL here ...
... the main focus of the day is undoubtedly going to be the 'Grant Aid to Third Parties' report - which is here.
It's not just the headline figure of £1million being removed from the voluntary sector - no one seems to have picked up on the wider ramifications ... check out paragraph 2.2 on page 1 here:
"Financially, the leverage of other funds achieved by the grant aided projects was over £9 for each £1 of Council grant."
You can thus multiply that £1million cut by NINE if you want to find the real cost of what's about to be pushed through by the SNP/Lib-Dem Coalition later today :-(
4 comments:
How on earth are we going to pay the extra 100 million for the tram line...or has the hootsman got its facts wrong again?
Anonymous
Thanks for the comment - apparently, a full update report (to include current and ongoing costs) is coming before Full Council on 27th May, so more should be revealed then?
Andrew
Thanks Andrew, although technically it was a question rather than a comment. I'll check your blog at the end of the month for a response. I assume that in the current climate any overrun is going to be an issue.
Anonymous
Point taken - and yes, I'll be sure to blog about the Full Council Meeting on the 27th May and the reports therein!
Andrew
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