{"id":6917,"date":"2015-11-24T13:42:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T13:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=6917"},"modified":"2015-11-24T13:42:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T13:42:18","slug":"big-lottery-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=6917","title":{"rendered":"Big lottery robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Young people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mental health interventions, women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s refuge projects and food banks could come under threat as the government may well look to cut \u00c2\u0141320m from the Big Lottery Fund.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The services that UK charities provide to thousands of the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most vulnerable people could be decimated, as reports mount that the government wants to cut funding.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bDavid Cameron has made much of his so-called Big Society vision, but here he is acting as an accomplice heaping misery on to those that have been knocked sideways by savage cuts to working tax credits, unemployment and homelessness \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the very people who seek assistance from charities,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Sally Kosky, Unite national officer for the not for profit sector.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is understood that the money cut from charities will go to the heritage, arts and sports distributers to make up for \u00e2\u20ac\u0098austerity\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 cuts by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is conflicting to the founding principle of the lottery by John Major\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s administration that lottery money should not be used as a substitute for government spending.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0&#8216;<strong><em>Masked highwayman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis is Robin Hood in reverse, masked highwayman George Osborne robbing from the poor to give tax breaks to the wealthy,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 added Sally.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unite has 60,000 members working in the not for profit sector, many of who provide services to the most vulnerable people in our society.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bJournalists need to look at the small print of the spending review documents to discover the scale of the big robbery being perpetuated by the chancellor on the charitable sector,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Sally.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bCharities are often the last resort for the vulnerable and they won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be able to withstand the tsunami of cuts to services that a \u00c2\u0141320 loss will entail,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; 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