According to their own Newsletter Lincolnshire County Council are cutting budgets of 20 local projects to aid children in Lincolnshire. They have asked South Kesteven District Councillors our views on their strategy.
In a bid to tackle Child Poverty, they plan to funnel resources into only a few households which are deemed to have "complex" needs. These households will have children with no working parents and it is planned to provide a co-ordinated, targeted approach to care.
The proposals can be viewed on South Kesteven District Council's Community Policy Development Group website:
It seems to me that the only way to tackle Poverty is to increase income. This will be through employment or supporting benefits.
The Government cutting the benefits and an economic policy which is reducing available jobs for local families will undermine any plans of Lincolnshire County Council.
My view that it is also wrong to only target households with "complex" needs and no workers, when so many children live in poverty within homes with one or more working parents who are struggling to get by on a minimum wage, was shared with others at our Grantham Labour Branch AGM last week.
District Councillors have been asked their views on proposals by 31 January and I have asked some key local organisations for their views before submitting a response. Your views are also welcome.
Please contact me on 01476 574748 if you would like to know more about the Consultation.
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