Acevo and the Community Alliance have urged local authorities not to reduce their voluntary sector spending in the wake of the Icelandic banking crisis. In a letter to Margaret Eaton, chair of the Local Government Association , Acevo told local authorities to resist squeezing their grants to and contracts with third sector organisations. Scores of councils stand to lose money after the collapse of several Icelandic banks.

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21 October 2008
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