DESPITE pleas from local organisations and angry protests from opposition members, West Somerset Council has approved an austerity budget.
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Grant cuts to seven local organisations were challenged unsuccessfully by opposition members led by Cllr Peter Murphy.
They had argued that money from unexpected extra funding of nearly £160,000 from the Government’s Rural Services Delivery Grant (RSDG) should be used to maintain existing grants to local community organisations.
Full report in the Free Press (February 26).