Citizens Advice
EDM number 268 in 2010-12, proposed by Ann Coffey on 17/06/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Financial services and Incomes and poverty.
That this House notes that the national Citizens Advice has been asked by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to make an 11 per cent. cut in its 2010-11 budget; is concerned that cuts to advice databases and policy advice funded centrally will impact on the effectiveness of local citizens advice bureaux, and that this will undermine valuable advice services to local communities at a time of cuts to the public sector; and asks that consideration be given in any future cuts in grant to the voluntary sector of the impact on the ability of this sector to contribute to the Big Society.
This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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