'Mad' funding cuts to crime prevention projects in East Yorkshire

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Crime prevention schemes in East Yorkshire have had annual their Government funding slashed by almost half.

Community safety funds in Hull and the East Riding have received £337,464 in Government grants this year, compared with £663,897 last year.

  1. John Prescott

    Revealed figures: Lord Prescott

The Home Office awarded £440,863 to Hull's Citysafe partnership in 2011-12.

This year, that has been cut to £223,034.

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The East Riding's community safety partnership has seen its grant reduced from £226,189 to £114,430.

The figures were revealed by Lord Prescott, the Labour candidate hoping to become the first Humberside police and crime commissioner.

He said: "These cuts are absolute madness and if elected I pledge not only to defend frontline policing but do all I can to protect funding these valuable crime prevention projects."

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  • Profile image for jezhull

    by jezhull

    Thursday, November 08 2012, 7:49PM

    “billytB, you're certainly not a Tory, and judging by your spelling, you're a chavvy halfwit :-)”

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    by jezhull

    Thursday, November 08 2012, 7:27PM

    “The number of times that this fat arrogant hypocrite has had his ugly mug in the HDM suggests he's pally with someone at the top in the organisation, an absolute disgrace.
    Vote for anybody but him”

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    by BillytB

    Thursday, November 08 2012, 7:07PM

    “"====by scooter234
    Always thought most of the posters on here were torie scum voters, the comments on this story proove that without a doubt.====="

    Ha Ha I love it; if you think 'honest' John and the last 'new' labour bunch of free loaders are socialists and care about the people you are dreaming.
    P.S I'm not a tory”

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    by BillytB

    Thursday, November 08 2012, 6:54PM

    “I'm voting for Lard John the Hypocrite...got to go, nurse has my medication”

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    by DaisySlammer

    Thursday, November 08 2012, 12:04PM

    “VOTE FOR ANYBODY OTHER THAN THAT FAT FAILURE, PRESCOTT.”

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    by anthony1960

    Thursday, November 08 2012, 10:02AM

    “Neil_Eyre

    Just read the article surrounding yourself and your ideals and it's such a shame people like yourself do not get voted in as unfortunately many of the Councillors, MP's etc I now meet, they lose their idealistic logical opinions and values as soon as they come to office, be it as a councilor, an MP or as Crime Prevention programmes now find out in Hull, or as a Hull City Council high end worker”

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    by SantiagoSam

    Thursday, November 08 2012, 10:01AM

    “Still featuring this moron prominently HDM, are you on the take ?”

  • Profile image for anthony1960

    by anthony1960

    Thursday, November 08 2012, 9:06AM

    “It's kind of funny reading how certain MP's and more especially, Hull City Council workers, are so appalled at funding being cut from Crime Prevention Programmes and Projects when it is Hull City Council that are still preventing a Fully Enhanced CRB safe checked ex-offender, from working on Crime Prevention Programmes for free. Even though the guy has impeccable references from the Ministry of Justice, a former Home Secretary, a current High Court Judge, and other Crime Prevention Programmess etc.

    And the reason given for refusal! Because another former ex-offender on a previous crime prevention programme, re-offended some 3 years ago. Although his re-offence was nothing to do with the programme he worked on and even though other the ex-offender in question, last offence was in 2003.

    Hull City Council do nothing other than use the "Safeguarding Committee" which is supposed to be a safeguarding tool for safeguarding children, to cover their "jobs for the boys" environment at a cost of preventing massively effective to crime prevention programmes, ex-offenders who volunteer for free, form participating in such prgrammes.

    Look at every single council within the country more-or-less and you will see ex-offenders being used on these projects, except of course Hull City Council run or affiliated programmes. So please don't complain about funding cuts when free resources are available but are being stifled.”

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    by glen1954

    Tuesday, November 06 2012, 8:13PM

    “Neil_Eyre,judging by what the people are saying around here its just the same, Prescott is hated and i hear your name mentioned quite a lot as the person who they would vote for.I too will vote for you ,good luck on the day Neil.”

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    by Neil_Eyre

    Tuesday, November 06 2012, 12:17PM

    “@Phil

    The die hard Labourites you think are going to vote for Lord Prescott are not so die hard in this election! I have been doorstepping in Scunthorpe wards where Labour hold big majorities. Your typical Labour voter doesn't want Lord Prescott. A lot of them are telling me if it had been any of the other choices during the Labour primary they would be voting along party lines. Now they are saying they will vote for me. That along with many people who just want an option that doesn't come with any strings attached.

    Of course that's just Scunthorpe. What is reflected on the doorstep in Scunthorpe is not what is reflected on the doorstep in Hull.”

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