LABOUR INVESTS IN MAKING NEIGHBOURHOODS WORKKent Labour welcomes the Government’s investment of over £1 million this year to help people in Thanet back to work. The Labour Government’s Working Neighbourhoods Fund is a new dedicated fund for local councils and communities to develop community-led approaches to helping people in deprived areas of England back to work. The Fund will be worth a total of £1.5 billion nationally over the next three years, with more than £450 million being distributed in 2008/09, and £500 million in 2009/10 and 2010/11. Thanet will receive £1,012,404 this year. At least £50 million will be available as a reward fund which will go to areas that have made good progress over the first two years on tackling worklessness and improving levels of enterprise. Roger Truelove, KCC Labour Shadow Cabinet member for Regeneration & Supporting Independence, said: “The Working Neighbourhoods Fund shows once again the Labour Government’s commitment to helping people back into work and regenerating areas that have suffered from economic deprivation.“The million-pound investment in community-led solutions for Thanet demonstrates that Labour thinks local people are best placed to find answers for local problems.“I hope that the Conservatives at District and County council level put politics aside, for once, to acknowledge this investment by the Labour Government and to support local people in finding local solutions”.
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