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Islington Council Funding Of Services

EDM number 370 in 2003-04, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 07/01/2004.

That this House notes that, despite a 5.6 per cent. increase in Government grant, Islington's Liberal Democrat-controlled Council is proposing to cut its annual ú41,322 grant to Mencap Pathway, which for 16 years has provided training and support for local people with learning disabilities who are seeking employment, to withdraw subsidies to after-school clubs and holiday playschemes, so that charges will more than double by April 2005, to cut by ú50,000 annual grants to Claremont Day Centre and Whittington Park Community Centre, threatening the lifeline services they offer to the elderly while the Pensioners' lunch club at Mayville Community Centre is similarly threatened by loss of council support, to limit eligibility to the Freedom Pass, thus excluding those who are deaf or have some form of mental illness, and to cut funding for the General Welfare for the Blind; notes that, as in previous years, Islington Council's cuts focus on vulnerable groups such as parents, the elderly and the disabled, setting one group against the other; condemns this latest round of cuts; and urges Islington Council to prioritise the needs of vulnerable people.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Corbyn07/01/2004Islington NorthLabourProposed
Chris Smith07/01/2004Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson08/01/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones08/01/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
John McDonnell08/01/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Martin Caton08/01/2004GowerLabourSigned
Harry Cohen08/01/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Ann Cryer08/01/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Keith Vaz08/01/2004Leicester EastLabourSigned
Karen Buck12/01/2004Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing12/01/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Andrew Bennett12/01/2004Denton & ReddishLabourSigned
Harry Barnes12/01/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Diane Abbott12/01/2004Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Frank Dobson12/01/2004Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
David Kidney12/01/2004StaffordLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/01/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner13/01/2004BolsoverLabourSigned
Alice Mahon13/01/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara13/01/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale13/01/2004MansfieldLabourSigned
Harold Best13/01/2004Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Rudi Vis13/01/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned

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