The LSC, under it's 'procurment plan', has slashed our funding (and several neighbouring counties) by 50%. If this 'sticks' and no replacement funding can be found, half of our benefits caseworkers will be redundant.
The really strange thing about this is that the LSC believe that in the whole of Berkshire (pop: c. 950,000), just 1,190 people will have benefit problems...
Is this happening to anyone else?
What is the impact on your organisation?
What is the impact on your clients?
Anyone know why this is happening (serious answers only please)?
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